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) (474 results)
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LA II (Angel Ortiz)

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Sans titre, 2015

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

Sans titre, 2015

Sale Date: April 23, 2024

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LA II (Angel Ortiz)

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Sale Date: March 16, 2024

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Pac Man, 2007

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Pac Man, 2007

Sale Date: March 14, 2024

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Untitled (Roman Plaster), 1980

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Untitled (Roman Plaster), 1980

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Starz, 2000

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Starz, 2000

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Untitled

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Untitled

Sale Date: June 7, 2023

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Composition

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Composition

Sale Date: May 13, 2023

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Abstract

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Abstract

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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LA Rock

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LA Rock

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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LA II and Paul Kostabi, 2009

LA II (Angel Ortiz)

LA II and Paul Kostabi, 2009

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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LA2 Tags & Swirls, 2011

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LA2 Tags & Swirls, 2011

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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One green bug, 2007

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One green bug, 2007

Sale Date: November 8, 2022

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LA II / Angel Ortiz 'Untitled' Acrylic on Canvas

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LA II / Angel Ortiz 'Untitled' Acrylic on Canvas

Sale Date: August 7, 2022

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Spring Shower, 2008

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Spring Shower, 2008

Sale Date: July 15, 2022

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One green bug, 2007, 2007

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One green bug, 2007, 2007

Sale Date: June 23, 2022

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Work

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Work

Sale Date: May 13, 2022

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Laroc red, 2006

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Laroc red, 2006

Sale Date: March 12, 2022

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Dark chocolate

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Dark chocolate

Sale Date: February 8, 2022

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Music Theory, 2001

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Music Theory, 2001

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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LA II (Angel Ortiz) and Keith Haring

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Sale Date: October 26, 2021

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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

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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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