LEBO

David Lebatard #LEBO was a great friend to us at Generation ñ and we were among his biggest fans and proud we got to collaborate with him quite a few times over the years. Besides being a wonderful , unique artist, he was a brilliant, hilarious, thoughtful, and soulful person. He would fill you up with good energy every time you ran into him. David was always a great friend to us and we love him and his family a great deal. Sending lots of love and all our prayers. We were lucky to know David. 

His painting Abuelita’s Cafe Con Leche is pictured here, along with some work in our ñ magazine and our humor book, as well as some logo work for WAMI when it launches in the 90s. We stayed in touch over the years, and I watched his success, including murals on the sides of NCL ships and his work for the World Cup, and iconic with Spam All Stars and so many beautiful music oriented projects. Our heart goes out to his beautiful family who we’ve also been blessed to know. Love and appreciation for this unique, soulful, fantastic human.

 From Bill T:
Quick story that I think he’d like me to tell:
Spy vs. Spy from MAD magazine was a big inspiration for him – he explained to me in an early interview back in ‘96 that “Antonio Prohias who created it, was a cuban exile, came over cause his art was political – he had to leave cuba so he takes it to Mad Magazine in New York City. He doesn’t speak English, but that’s OK cause there’s no words in Spy vs. Spy so they publish it”
David found Mr. Prohias in the 90s in miami, living in a rest home – and they strike up a friendship with Prohias giving David his drafting table, a beautiful omen of great work to come. But that’s the kind of thing that would happen around LEBO. Much love and gratitude for knowing David.
Spinning some Cal Tjader for you tonight sir.
Amanda Rosa has the article for the Miami Herald here: https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/visual-arts/article277843588.html. Photo by Marcie Cohn Band

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