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Ces53

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Ces53
Ces53 graffiti on a VIRM, 2009
Born
Tonny van Hoenderloo van Zandt
Alma materWillem de Kooning Academy
MovementGraffiti
Websiteces53.com
"COMEBACK OF THE CHAVIN MINDED FUNNY ONE" Painting on canvas,by Ces53
Street art by Ces53 in Doel, Belgium a ghost-town attracting street artists.
Painting in the Global tradition by Ces53

Ces53 is the graffiti name of Tonny van Hoenderloo van Zandt,[1] street art/graffiti artist from the Netherlands.[2] Ces53 has been active since 1985 and is the creator of many international street art/graffiti paintings, predominantly in European cities but also worldwide in Mexico, United States and Burma.

Work

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Ces53 started as a traditional graffiti writer, one of the first to paint graffiti on trains in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.[3] He became world-famous because of his high-quality graffiti paintings, also adopted more traditional art forms during the years, including painting and sculpturing. He became renowned for his innovative styles,[4] quantity of work, and gained a lot of fame and followers within the graffiti community. Since 2005 Ces53 is also part of Lastplak, a world-famous Dutch street art collective.

References

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  1. ^ "Ces53 » History".
  2. ^ Graffiti in Rotterdam, Stichting Kunstpublicaties Rotterdam, 2005, ISBN 978-90-5662-560-3
  3. ^ Wholecars, Aragon, 1996, ISBN 3-89535-435-X
  4. ^ Graffiti Art #10, Scwarzkopf & Scwarzkopf,1999,ISBN 3-89602-310-1
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