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Alec Monopoly is the alias of an unidentified graffiti artist, originally from New York City. The artist has worked in the urban environments of New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Europe and throughout Asia using varied materials (including stencils, spray paint, epoxies, varnishes and newspapers) to subversively depict various iconic pop culture characters. ==Life and work== Monopoly is from New York, He moved to Los Angeles in 2006. He found working there was easier because of the many billboards in the city. Monopoly is best known for his tuxedoed and top-hatted graffiti character of Monopoly Man, an idea originally inspired by the stockbroker Bernie Madoff. According to John Wellington Ennis writing for the ''Huffington Post'', "In an era of billion dollar bailouts for banks that already own the country and moguls decrying regulation as un-American, the re-contextualization of the childhood symbol of success and wealth almost needed no explanation."〔 Monopoly also pastes up images of Jack Nicholson.〔http://exoduslasvegas.com/wynn-las-vegas-2015-artists-announced/〕 Although graffiti continues to be conveyed as a crime, in his feature in Juxtapoz Magazine, the artist discussed his best efforts to avoid the vandalism aspect of the street art world: In November 2010 he had his first solo gallery show in New York.〔 In December 2010 he took part in an exhibition at the Mondrian Hotel as part of Art Basel Miami Beach.〔 In 2013 he hosted a yacht party at Art Basel Miami Beach, sponsored by Samsung. In December 2013 Monopoly created a piece of work, painted 'live' on a piece of red carpet, to publicise Justin Bieber's concert documentary, ''Justin Bieber's Believe''.〔 Artnet included Alec Monopoly in the Top 10 Most Searched Artists on its website in 2014, together with fellow street artist Banksy〔http://news.artnet.com/people/the-top-10-most-searched-artists-on-artnet-in-2014-223139〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alec Monopoly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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