The creation of Zender in the 1980's.
Painting in the 1980’s From 1975 to 1981, I was a Chicano gang member from elementary school till 8th grade, so my knowledge of life was seen through this window. In 1981 I moved from South Central LA to Maywood California, where the community had little gang activity and kids were mostley influenced by hip hop and music videos. This would also be where I began to gain an appreciation for hip hop music with the likes of LL Cool J, Run DMC, Whodini, and many more. Break dancing was at its peak, and this was my introduction to Graffiti art, in the form of a visit to a club in the mid-Wilshire District called: RADIOTRON. If you seen the movie, well that was me…I was a B Boy, and to be a B Boy in those days meant you danced, DJ, rapped, and did some Graffiti. I am not going to give the full history of LA Hip Hop, but I am going to explain how the graffiti art form influenced my work. New York had its history on trains (See Documentary Wild Style). In LA we had Yards. Specifically, th...