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A-One (graffiti artist)
American graffiti artist
Not to be confused with A1one.
A-One | |
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| Born | Anthony Clark 1964 (1964) Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Died | November 11, 2001(2001-11-11) (aged 36–37) Paris, France |
| Known for | Graffiti art |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Ocky Clark (brother) |
Anthony Clark (1964 – November 11, 2001), known as A-One, was an American graffiti artist.
He developed a style he called "aerosol expressionism".[1]
Life and career
A-One was born in Manhattan in 1964 and grew up in the Mitchel Houses in the South Bronx.[1] He was the son of Janette Gordon Clark and the grandson of Mannie Clark Sr., head caddy at the Mayfair Golf Course in Sanford, Florida in the late 1950s.[2]
He began painting at the age of six, and writing graffiti on subway cars in the mid-1970s.[3] A-One joined Rammellzee's graffiti crew Ta