Andy Valmorbida on His Participation in Commercial Copyright Involving Richard Hambleton in Spirit of Basquiat, Haring and Warhol.
Known for popularizing ‘pop-up’ art programming, Andy Valmorbida is a lifelong art collector and art entrepreneur. As the founder of Untitled-1, Valmorbida is actively pursuing many exciting new business endeavors in the arts. As well as working together to redirect the Richard Hambleton Experience and get into the NFT game, Valmorbioda and Untitled-1 are planning to use their recently purchased exclusive rights to their work agency. Richard Hambelton for new acquisitions and licensing.
Throughout his life, Richard Hambleton was a revolutionary artist who pushed the boundaries of space with a pioneering – and even shocking – approach to his art. Hambleton is considered by many to be one of the fathers of the street art movement along with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Andy Warhol; of course, these artists inspired today’s famous street artists like JR and Banksy.
Basquiat, Haring and Warhol properties, as well as JR and Banksy, are consistently finding lucrative and innovative deals in the licensing and merchandising space. Not only are there some hugely popular clothing mass-producers in partnership with museums and brands like Tiffany’s and Uniqlo, but also some of the most profitable licensing deals in the entire industry.
This is precisely why Valmorbida understands to pursue new licensing and business opportunities with the Hambleton license. Since the estates of Hambleton’s colleagues became economically successful after their death, it means that similar licensing opportunities would be available for Hambleton’s art. Since Hambleton is just as great as his peers, but a little less known, any licensing or merchandising deal using his work is sure to get the world’s attention .
We’re excited to see what products these deals generate because Valmorbida is not only a capable entrepreneur with a history of democratizing access to art for consumers, but also because of her work. Hambleton is as fascinating as legend and revolutionary,
Starting out in the art world with the ‘Visual Serial Killer’ series, Hambleton deliberately caused public anxiety by secretly setting up bloody fake crime scenes and chalk fake body contouring, like the aftermath of a murder, in the streets of 15 cities. The sensational public art project lasted from 1976 to 1979 and put Hambleton’s name on the map in the world of street art.
Hambleton followed this first step into the world of street art with an even more shocking public art project. In the 1980s, Hambleton started the ‘Shadowman’ series. For the Shadowman series, Hambleton painted hundreds of ominous shadows across the streets of some of the world’s most populous cities such as London, New York City and Paris. This series is not only one of the first outstanding street art series in the world, but it is also incredibly innovative because of its shocking nature. Hambleton knowingly wants to force ordinary citizens to face the fragility of their existence and the emotional instability of their lives by surprising them with his ‘Shadowman’ on animals. random streets and alleys.
The late artist’s creative and boundary-pushing art is perfectly suited for high-fashion partnerships and collaborations like the Basquiat estate’s partnership with Tiffany’s. This revolutionary art is also well suited for creative NFT projects, which is something Valmorbida is also pursuing. After successfully raising awareness for Hambleton’s work with the highly popular Richard Hambleton Experience, we can’t wait for Valmorbida’s next project with Copyright Hambleton.
We are also pleased to see Valmorbida and his team pursuing other artist copyrights to pioneer more innovative projects in the space.
