“I like the idea of the artist going out in the world, creating a dialogue,” says De La Vega (in the East Village with one of his street paintings). “Art is interacting with people.”

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Marked Man

Guerilla artist James De La Vega leverages his street smarts to a fashion career

By Colin Fleming
Smithsonian magazine, October 2007

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Marked Man

Guerilla artist James De La Vega leverages his street smarts to a fashion career

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