SPRING HILL — For two decades, his name was tattooed on hundreds of New York City’s subway trains in loopy, colorful strokes. ”Iz the Wiz” announced himself in huge bubble letters that sometimes took up the entire side of a subway car.
His real name was Michael Martin, but Iz the Wiz was how he signed all his works.
His career as the city’s most influential graffiti artist began when, as a teenager in the 1970s, he began tagging walls for fun.
By the end of his run, his work was featured in art galleries. One colleague compared him to Andy Warhol, while others point to a famous multicolored painting of President Barack Obama as a modern example of what he started.
His life and career ended June 17 in Spring Hill, where he had been living for almost a year. All those paint fumes over the years had taken a toll on his heart and kidneys. He had been on dialysis.
Martin was 50 years old.
His deft use of spray paint landed him in jail and made him ”the longest-reigning all-city king in NYC history,” according to the graffiti website, at149st.com.[Read More]
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