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Hace 3 días · Part of the 1970s-80s Neo-Expressionist art movement, Basquiat's paintings are full of frenetic but also very directed energy and vivid simple colours. The resulting works appear raw and unfocused, but in truth that is the opposite of what they are.
Hace 3 días · Dustheads is a painting completed in 1982, by Jean-Michel Basquiat while he was at the height of his incredible yet short career. It is an ambitious piece, almost seven feet high, that Basquiat created using acrylics, oil stick, spray enamel and metallic paint on canvas.
Hace 4 días · Riding with Death came towards the end of Basquiat's life, and features some common themes which run through most of his career. It is an example of how the artist combined inspiration from Renaissance Italy and traditional African art.
Hace 3 días · Identified as a democratic street artist, the work of Basquiat is an aesthetic of Primitivism and Neo-Expressionism. Basquiat portrays aspects of his ethnic history as a political critique on racial discrimination and displacement by encoding a collection of words and images.
Hace 1 día · The focus on creating “fishing” among other artworks in a studio exposed Jean-Michel Basquiat to critiques and collectors. Jean-Michel Basquiat is one of the most renowned artists globally. He was considered to be a cultural figure and a pop icon before and after his death.
Hace 3 días · It was created in 1981 when Basquiat was merely twenty and is an example of Basquiat's early canvas-based work. Although this painting is often referred to as Skull, it is an untitled piece which was presented at his debut solo gallery exhibition in New York City.
Hace 1 día · Jean-Michel Basquiat's art was as unique as it was extraordinary - forming a rare bond between street art and the institutions of the international art world. Basquiat was categorised within the Neo-Expressionism art movement, an umbrella capturing all manner of contemporary artists.
