Basquiat Painting

I began this as a simple portrait of the artist, referencing his colours and lines. I wanted to feel what it was like to paint in his abrupt expressive style without overthinking and just letting the energy and the paint flow. This artwork comes from the collective exhibition & project ´Blackness´ which delves into Black history. The aim of the exhibition and the ongoing project was/ is to bring to light to historical figures that have never been known or have just been forgotten and to bring them forth into general society. So that they can be rediscovered.