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OMINAR B-BOY & KOOR BLOCKBUSTER, South Bronx, 1977–78

ORIGIN · SOUTH BRONX · 1977–78

OMINAR B-BOY & KOOR BLOCKBUSTER

Made in the South Bronx in 1977–78, OMINAR B-BOY & KOOR BLOCKBUSTER is the oldest remaining work in KOOL KOOR’s archive and the earliest surviving document of his artistic journey.

1977–78

OMINAR B-BOY & KOOR BLOCKBUSTER, 1977–78 — OMINAR B-BOY & KOOR BLOCKBUSTER · 1977–78 · South Bronx

Symbolian K — Symbolian K · 1978

1980–82

Macro Pyrostructure — Macro Pyrostructure · 1980

Ikonoklast D — Ikonoklast D · 1981

Kooroc Robot — Kooroc Robot · 1982

Ikonoklast Panzerism Letter M — Ikonoklast Panzerism Letter M · 1982

NEW YORK · 1982

From the street to the canvas

A-One and Kool Koor tagging in New York, 1982 — A-One (left), KOOL KOOR (center), tagging · New York · 1982 · Source: Elinor

Kool Koor tagging in New York, 1982 — KOOL KOOR tagging · New York · 1982 · Source: Elinor

A-One watching Kool Koor creating his first artwork on canvas at Fashion Moda, 1982 — A-One watching KOOL KOOR creating his first artwork on canvas · Fashion Moda, New York · 1982

Kool Koor creating his first artwork on canvas at Fashion Moda, 1982 — KOOL KOOR creating his first artwork on canvas · Fashion Moda, New York · 1982

1989–92

The Triangulum Museum of African American Art — The Triangulum Museum of African American Art · 1989

Implosion — Implosion · 1990 · 210 × 235 cm

Kool Koor in his Brussels studio with The Past, the Present and the Rising — KOOL KOOR in his studio with The Past, the Present and the Rising · Brussels · 1990

Revelations — Revelations · 1992 · 195 × 238 cm

2014–18

El Dorado — El Dorado · 2014

Trade Winds — Trade Winds · 2016

Gold Crush — Gold Crush · 2018

2022–26

New Moon — New Moon · 2022

Morphius — Morphius · 2025

Genesis — Genesis · 2026