{"id":29285,"date":"1998-10-01T23:40:04","date_gmt":"1998-10-01T21:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/?p=29285"},"modified":"2025-12-21T01:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T00:07:07","slug":"dondi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/en\/dondi\/","title":{"rendered":"Dedicated to \u201cThe style master general\u201d DONDI WHITE 1961-1998"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dondi2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29286\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dondi2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dondi2-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dondi2-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style 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class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"block-4rMTrKVj2Q\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text\">Di FlyCat<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-divider nectar-blocks-divider\" id=\"block-gDJjYQDPfm\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__inner\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layers parent-block-block-gDJjYQDPfm\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layer nectar__bg-color\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"block-2YypX23MIp\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text\">AL Ottobre 1998<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-divider nectar-blocks-divider\" id=\"block-iUN0Nbjnc2\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__inner\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layers parent-block-block-iUN0Nbjnc2\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layer nectar__bg-color\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-4KuYaCdKa7\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text p1\">New York City, 21 ottobre 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-divider nectar-blocks-divider\" id=\"block-WwwmfPia93\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__inner\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layers parent-block-block-WwwmfPia93\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layer nectar__bg-color\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-V1JNjepZBw\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text p3\">La comunit\u00e0 del writing \u00e8 devastata dalla perdita di uno dei suoi pi\u00f9 influenti e rispettati membri. DONDI White ci ha lasciato il 2 ottobre all\u2019et\u00e0 di 37 anni, dopo una lunga malattia. Nato Donald J. White, da genitori italo ed afroamericani, DONDI \u00e8 cresciuto a Brooklyn nella zona di East New York. Faceva parte di quel piccolo gruppo di artisti metropolitani che fece con successo il balzo nella scena delle gallerie internazionali e dei musei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-divider nectar-blocks-divider\" id=\"block-j4TvSSAemT\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__inner\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layers parent-block-block-j4TvSSAemT\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layer nectar__bg-color\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-TQJfDe4HnB\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text p3\">Cominci\u00f2 la sua carriera di writer nella met\u00e0 degli anni \u201870 come NACO, membro della TOP crew (The Odd Partners) con base a Brooklyn. Con i suoi compagni MICKEY729, HURST, DIKE, MOVIN\u2019, JEE2, I.K. e UPS2, gli Odd Partners dominavano le linee della BMT. Nel 1977 DONDI form\u00f2 la sua prima crew chiamata CIA (Crazy Insides Partners). Una parziale lista include DURO, KIST, AERON, GREG167 e KID56, ed \u00e8 sulla linea N\u00b0 2 della metropolitana che DONDI dipinse la maggior parte dei suoi pezzi che gli fecero guadagnare il soprannome di \u201cThe Style Master General\u201d. Con una precisione da robot, DONDI cre\u00f2 lettere lustre ed aerodinamiche. Le consegnava al metallo con grandiosa precisione e controllo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-divider nectar-blocks-divider\" id=\"block-UtxKOU1rCI\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__inner\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layers parent-block-block-UtxKOU1rCI\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layer nectar__bg-color\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dondi1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29290\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dondi1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dondi1-600x391.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dondi1-768x501.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-divider nectar-blocks-divider\" id=\"block-ZPL2N5sOR9\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__inner\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layers parent-block-block-ZPL2N5sOR9\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layer nectar__bg-color\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-vDezEVjaUx\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-jy7PUMPqvU\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text p3\">Le lettere in \u2018wild style\u2019 erano il suo forte e nessuno riusc\u00ec a fare di meglio. Nei tardi anni \u201870 e nei primi anni \u201880, DONDI ridefin\u00ec l\u2019estetica dei graffiti. Cominci\u00f2 ad utilizzare una vasta serie di nomi per realizzare le sue acrobazie nell\u2019aerosol art (POSE, PRE, BUS129 e ASIA per citarne alcuni). Fu un mentore per molti ed aiut\u00f2 numerosi writers a sviluppare il proprio talento. Citava spesso le sue influenze grafiche e tra i nomi troviamo MICKEY, NOC, HURST e SLAVE. Nel 1983 DONDI esib\u00ec i suoi dipinti e disegni negli Stati Uniti ed all\u2019estero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-divider nectar-blocks-divider\" id=\"block-y5OaaKrPf1\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__inner\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layers parent-block-block-y5OaaKrPf1\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layer nectar__bg-color\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dondi3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29288\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dondi3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dondi3-600x424.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dondi3-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-divider nectar-blocks-divider\" id=\"block-Efi7D3Lorg\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__inner\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layers parent-block-block-Efi7D3Lorg\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layer nectar__bg-color\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-m3bpBMfYAH\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-FyPaLb5uBc\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text p3\">Il suo lavoro fu molto apprezzato in Europa e venne rappresentato da una galleria olandese per svariati anni. I suoi lavori si trovano inoltre in diverse permanenti incluse quelle ai musei Boymans e Groningen nei Paesi Bassi. I lavori per la galleria di DONDI spesso mostrano gli studi sulle singole lettere, immagini anatomiche e figure ombreggiate. Icone personali come figure longilinee, tricicli e bombolette spray erano costanti nel suo vocabolario visuale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-divider nectar-blocks-divider\" id=\"block-18BMwnILfC\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__inner\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layers parent-block-block-18BMwnILfC\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layer nectar__bg-color\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"nectar-blocks-divider__line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-IfqcFpd6aT\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text p3\">Spesso scriveva dei testi direttamente sulla tela raccontando storie circa il suo impegno come artista: \u201cI gladiatori di un oscuro continente continueranno la battaglia sulla terra fino a che non troveranno la cura per la cecit\u00e0.\u201d DONDI ha lasciato dietro di s\u00e9 un\u2019eredit\u00e0. Il suo meraviglioso lavoro \u00e8 rimasto qui fra noi per essere ammirato per sempre. La sua anima, il suo amore e la sua visione furono presenti in ogni cosa DONDI fece. DONDI ci ha toccato. Ci mancher\u00e0 per sempre e non lo dimenticheremo mai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DONDI White left us on October 2, 1998 at the age of 37.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_nectar_blocks_hide_post_title":false,"_nectar_blocks_transparent_header_effect":false,"_nectar_blocks_transparent_header_effect_color":"light","_nectar_blocks_header_animation":false,"_nectar_blocks_header_animation_delay":0,"_nectar_blocks_header_animation_effect":"fade","_nectar_blocks_page_css":"","_nectar_blocks_page_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-writing-archivio","category-archivio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29285"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34997,"href":"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29285\/revisions\/34997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aelle.hiphop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}