ERIC ORR,
UNTITLED (MAX ROBOT) DRAWING,
Marker and acrylic on Stonehenge White 250gsm Legion paper, signed and dated,
28cm x 35cm,
Original

Eric Orr is an artist and designer from New York City. He pioneered the substitutive style of graffiti art in the late '70s, eschewing "writing" in favour of visual iconography, and in the process, created the distinctive robot that would become his signature and alter-ego. In 1984, he collaborated with pop artist Keith Haring on a series of chalk drawings in the NYC subways that featured his "Max Robot head" character alongside Haring's iconic "radiant baby", becoming the only artist to ever collaborate with Keith Haring chalk drawings in the New York City subway system. In 2014, his personal archives were acquired by Cornell University for the Hip-Hop collection in their archive of rare books and manuscripts, and in 2015, Columbia University added copies of his works to their permanent collection.