Said Dokins (MX) – Community
Said Dokins (MX)
“Community” 2021
4c screen print on Munken Rough Pure Paper, 300g/m2
70x70cm, edition of 36
The print ships signed and numbered by the artist including a certificate of authenticity
Said Dokins is a Mexico City-based artist who has been writing on walls since the 1990s. Trained in visual arts and philosophy at UNAM, he studied Western calligraphy with Denis Brown and Japanese brush technique with Master Masahiko Hiyama — fusing these traditions with graffiti into what he calls his "Primitive Alphabet." Named one of Forbes Mexico's 100 Most Creative Mexicans, his monumental murals span five continents. In 2021, he came to Vienna for the Calle Libre festival, where he created these editions using words collected from people he met in the streets.
Community explodes across the full surface — dense layers of steel-blue calligraphic strokes building an almost abstract-expressionist field, with a golden crown-like form breaking through at the center. The all-over composition recalls Cy Twombly's layered canvases, but Dokins' marks carry the structural discipline of trained calligraphy beneath their apparent chaos. Four-color screen print, each layer pulled by hand.
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