RAY

RAY 39/50 Ray Dato is a street art artist from New York City. He moved to Vietnam in search of fame and inspiration at the age of 23. There he joins the European movement NEW WALE RUN. Ray always thought his work lacked something. He was jealous of good artists, even though he was very talented himself. A year later, in 1991, Ray Dato was painting graffiti in an empty neighborhood in Hanoi with his girlfriend Marie. They had an argument and Ray killed Marie. Ray saw Marie's body in the background of the graffiti and discovered exactly what his artwork was missing: bloody bodies against a backdrop of bright street art. For half a year, Ray sat in the doldrums, pondering his art. At the begin...View all