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A multi-disciplinary artist, John Fekner formed his own band City Squad in 1983. City Squad was comprised of musicians and non-musicians as an extension of Queensites, teenagers from Jackson Heights who assisted with Fekner’s outdoor stencil work. Fekner released his first rap/rock 12” EP on his own Vinyl Gridlock record label. The A-side, “2 4 5 7 9 11” had Kwame Monroe, aka Bear 167, a South Bronx graffiti artist as the guest rapper; and the B-side had Dave Santaniello on rock vocals on “Rock
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- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- artivist
- Field of work
- art
- Genre
- avant-garde music
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- BrokenPromises JohnFekner.jpg
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- John Fekner
- date of birth
- 1950-08-06
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- John Fekner
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- John Fekner
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to John Fekner, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
