Norman “Vogue” Chuck 
Supporting Background Artist: Eric “Spie” Norberg
Jim Prigoff, 2023
San Francisco, California

Photo Credit: Gloria Contreras

This portrait honors documentary photographer and activist, James “Jim” Prigoff (1927-2021). He dedicated his career to chronicling San Francisco’s aerosol art scene, leading to an invaluable archive of more than 100,000 photographs of public murals. Due to street art’s ephemeral nature and urban environments’ ever-changing landscape, artworks are lost to time without photography to preserve and disseminate these works beyond their physical location.

Norman “Vogue” Chuck has been painting with aerosol for more than 35 years as a graffiti pioneer innovating spray can techniques currently utilized today. Vogue started out as a youth painting Oakland’s train yards with the intent of learning how to bend and manipulate his own letter structures and styles. His ever-changing evolution paved the way as the first wave of teens to paint prolific large-scale lettering and photorealistic portraits on the West Coast in the mid 80’s. After decades of artistry, Vogue’s art stays relevant with a younger audience by painting huge pieces at high speeds with dynamic color choices and flair. Inspired by BMX, lowrider culture, and nature, Vogue camouflages the mirrored reflections of the surrounding environment into the background, foreground and chrome of his murals. From Hawaii to Dubai, Vogue has created murals for clients such as Netflix, Golden State Warriors, Red Bull and Converse. Bringing as much joy to his private commissions as he does to his public art installations and sculptures, Vogue continues to merge graffiti art with ventures into video and the digitally animated NFT metaverse.

诺曼·“维格”·查克 (Norman "Vogue" Chuck) 
《吉姆·普里戈夫》(Jim Prigoff)，2023 年
加利福尼亚州，旧金山市
辅助背景艺术家：埃里克·“斯皮”·诺伯格 (Eric "Spie" Norberg) 

照片来源：格洛丽亚·孔特雷拉斯 (Gloria Contreras)

这幅肖像是为了纪念纪实摄影师兼活动家詹姆斯·“吉姆”·普里戈夫 (James "Jim" Prigoff，1927-2021) 而创作。他将一生奉献给了记录旧金山的涂鸦艺术场景，建立了一个拥有 10 万多张公共壁画照片的宝贵档案库。由于街头艺术昙花一现的本质，再加上城市环境瞬息万变，如果没有摄影来保存和传播这些作品，它们就会消失在时间的洪流之中。