Tony "TEMPT1" Quan

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/39478
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Tony 'TEMPT1' Quan was an American graffiti and street artist whose intricately layered wildstyle lettering in spray paint bridged underground hip-hop culture and fine art contexts. Active from the 1980s onward, he developed large-scale murals across urban landscapes marked by technical precision and a distinctive visual vocabulary rooted in graffiti's formal innovations. His practice exemplified the evolution of spray paint from subcultural practice to gallery-recognized medium.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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