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SAM IS A MAGAZINE ABOUT STREET-ART, GRAFFITI, ILLUSTRATION, GRAPHIC ART AND EYE POPPING STUFF RELATED TO THESE. WE FEATURE ART FROM THE HEART!

LEE

It’s in the early days of September 1982 when a man in an air filtration mask climbs the scaffolding in what’s known as the Berenkuil (bear pit) of Rotterdam’s Lijnbaan, an area that’s been described as ‘a problematic part’ of the city’s center. His name is Lee Quinones, and he has come from New York to paint his name there, with three letters in flaming colors, springing forth from a pitch black splash of paint. Once he’s done, he leaves a message to the right of his painting: ‘from the blood and soul of New York I come.’ It influenced a whole generation of rotterdam graffiti writers, so he's obviously in the Rotterdam Special SAM 010.