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Michael Alig Rare Club Kid NYC Original Canvas Painting 2003 Disco 2000 Clara

$ 158.39

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Date of Creation: 2000-Now
  • Condition: Some light wear / soiling. Canvas on wooden frame. Check photos for details.
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Painting Surface: Canvas
  • Originality: Original

    Description

    Very rare original Michael Alig canvas (on wood frame) painting from 2003.  Depicts Michael Alig's Disco 2000 logo, Clara the chicken, and keta vial.  Early work, painted by Alig during his prison sentence.
    Michael Alig
    (April 29, 1966 – December 24, 2020) was an American club promoter and convicted felon. He was one of the ringleaders of the Club Kids, a group of young New York City clubgoers who became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1980s and early 1990s
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    In March 1996, Alig and his roommate, Robert D. "Freeze" Riggs, killed fellow Club Kid Andre "Angel" Melendez in a confrontation over a delinquent drug debt. In October 1997, Alig pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Both men were sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison. Riggs was released on parole in 2010. Alig was released on May 5, 2014
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    Measures approximately 24"x18"
    Check condition & photos for details.
    Ships USPS priority mail.