LA II (Angel Ortiz)

(American, born 1967)

LA II (Angel Ortiz) is an American Pop and graffiti artist. Appreciated for his unique blend of influences ranging from Chinese calligraphy to pictograph-like cave paintings, his oeuvre is characterized by its bright colors and energetic scrawl. Born Angel Oritz in 1967 in New York, NY, he grew up in Puerto Rican family living in the Baruch housing project. He adopted the moniker LA II, which stands for Little Angel, and began tagging from early age. “I was 10 when I first started tagging. The street was my canvas,” he once explained. “I lived on the Lower East Side, and so those were the streets that I hit.” Ortiz met Keith Haring while tagging at the age of 13 in 1980, and the two quickly became friends and collaborators, influencing each other’s technique and style. Ortiz travelled around the world with Haring, acting as his assistant and contributing to many of the famous artist’s installation paintings, usually by filling the spaces between Haring’s lines with his own mixture of densely packed symbols. Since the untimely death of Haring from AIDS at the age 31, Oritz has continued his own career despite often being overlooked within art history and Haring’s legacy in particular. In 2008, he famously tagged his name in a restored Haring outdoor mural without permission. Today, Ortiz’s works are in the collections of Pepperdine University in Malibu, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, among others. Ortiz lives and works in New York, NY.

LA II (Angel Ortiz) Artworks

LA II (Angel Ortiz) (477 results)
LA2 One Of A Kind Violin, 2013

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

LA2 One Of A Kind Violin, 2013

Sale Date: August 4, 2021

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Big Meow, 2007

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Big Meow, 2007

Sale Date: July 16, 2021

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Untitled (pitcher), 1995

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Untitled (pitcher), 1995

Sale Date: July 15, 2021

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Sans titre - 2015, 2015

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Sans titre - 2015, 2015

Sale Date: July 5, 2021

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Lefty, 2007

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Lefty, 2007

Sale Date: July 1, 2021

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Lower East Side, 1988

Attributed to LA II (Angel Ortiz) and Keith Haring

Lower East Side, 1988

Sale Date: July 1, 2021

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Senza titolo

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Senza titolo

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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Untitled, 1983

LA II (Angel Ortiz) and Keith Haring

Untitled, 1983

Sale Date: May 14, 2021

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SKIPPY, 2008

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

SKIPPY, 2008

Sale Date: March 16, 2021

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Bags of Toys - 2011, 2011

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Bags of Toys - 2011, 2011

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

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Sans titre - 2015, 2015

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Sans titre - 2015, 2015

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

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Lefty', 2007, 2007

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Lefty', 2007, 2007

Sale Date: December 10, 2020

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Dancing Man', 1980s, 1980–1989

LA II (Angel Ortiz) and Keith Haring

Dancing Man', 1980s, 1980–1989

Sale Date: December 10, 2020

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Composition, 1988

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Composition, 1988

Sale Date: November 10, 2020

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POLICE SHIELD. 2010, 2010

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

POLICE SHIELD. 2010, 2010

Sale Date: September 15, 2020

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Animation

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Animation

Sale Date: September 26, 2020

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Grand Master

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Grand Master

Sale Date: September 2, 2020

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Black Tags on Clay White Paper I, 1998

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Black Tags on Clay White Paper I, 1998

Sale Date: July 9, 2020

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Sans titre

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Sans titre

Sale Date: June 25, 2020

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The grand master LAROC

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

The grand master LAROC

Sale Date: June 25, 2020

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Dollar', 1999, 1999

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Dollar', 1999, 1999

Sale Date: June 25, 2020

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Dogs and Ufo', 1980s, 1980–1989

LA II (Angel Ortiz) and Keith Haring

Dogs and Ufo', 1980s, 1980–1989

Sale Date: June 25, 2020

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Broken Arrow Aaaglass Lab #0073, 2011

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Broken Arrow Aaaglass Lab #0073, 2011

Sale Date: June 22, 2020

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LAII - Angel Ortiz aka LAII - Bluehiss cm..., 2006

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

LAII - Angel Ortiz aka LAII - Bluehiss cm..., 2006

Sale Date: February 25, 2020

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