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Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 48 W x 60 H x 2 D in
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December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988 Cause of Death: Heroin overdose As I pondered which of the 64 members of this mythic club to feature it seemed I couldn’t do an art showcase without featuring one of the most famous and prominent artist of the 1980’s. Jean Michele Basquiat rose to fame in the late 80’s for his wild and imaginative Neo-expressionism paintings. If his name doesn’t ring a bell, he was also known for partnering with his life long friend, Andy Warhol. By the time Basquiat was 21 years old his paintings, often centered around dichotomies such as wealth vs poverty, and inner versus outer experiences, he would showcase at esteemed exhibit Documents in Kassel, Germany. At this point and time he was the youngest artist to accomplish this feat and already. We’ve all heard the troupe the ‘tortured artist,’ and Basquiat was no stranger to this. Earlier this year I watched an Andy Warhol documentary. One episode featured entirely on the friendships between Andy and Basquiat. I already knew who he was and recognized his art, but I hadn’t taken the time to truly study him. The things he created were truly a journal and viewpoint of how he saw the world from day to day. A troubled soul, I can’t help but conclude that the way he coped was through art and drugs and the coexistence of each. In the end the drug addiction would win out over the art. Shortly before his death, Basquait claimed he was using a hundred bags of heroin a day. He was found dead on the floor of of his studio on August 12, 1988 at the age of 27 years old. “I’m not a real person. I’m a legend.”
Original Created:2022
Subjects:Pop Culture/Celebrity
Materials:Canvas
Styles:AbstractPop ArtPortraiture
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:48 W x 60 H x 2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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Handling:Ships in a wooden crate for additional protection of heavy or oversized artworks. Crated works are subject to an $80 care and handling fee. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:United States.
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Historians use the art of written words to tell stories of the past. Artists use physical art itself. As someone who struggles to articulate words, I use art to tell stories and observations of icons, both past and present, and their profound impact on history and culture. How their words, songs, movies, poems, and quotes speak to the plight of human existence. Often mistaken for screen prints, the portraits themselves, always shown in black and white, are hand painted using acrylic. Each background varies between two studies of the icon. One look focuses on the color aura of the icon using a palette knife technique. The other is a mixed media patchwork study, telling stories about the icon, their journey, and legacy.
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