Basquiat-style Artists
In 1985, the New York Times Magazine featured a shoeless Jean-Michel Basquiat on its cover. Titled “New Art, New Money," it was not just about the artist, but its focus was really the vague concept of the “art star". Basquiat ran away from home at 17 to live in New York, couch-surfing and starting off his career as a graffiti artist spray-painting walls under the pseudonym SAMO. By the early 80s, race explicitly entered his work for the first time, reflecting a growing consciousness of his own position within the New York art world. Through his paintings, there was a desire to depict the Black community in unprecedented ways. Sadly, Basquiat died at just 27 in 1988, leaving behind an iconic legacy in Basquiat style art.
Brooklyn-based artist Genesis Tremaine is best known for her bold and abstract paintings of Black subjects set against monochromatic backdrops. The fragmented faces in Tramaine's portraits speak to the many facets and complexities of Black personhood. For Tramaine, the process of creating is spiritual and much of her inspiration comes from the graffiti scene of 1980s New York, like works in the Basquiat style. Similarly Tarek is heavily inspired by Basquiat and even published the first book on graffiti to come out in Europe. Works by Aboudia also echo an innate interest in graffiti and in turn demonstrate the shift in the importance of such an art movement. As you dive into our collections you'll notice just how much the Basquiat style art legacy lives on.
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Ash Blood & Fire
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 4.6 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
$7,200
Les cavaliers de l'espace (XL)
Skepa
Painting - 90 x 72 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 28.3 x 0 inch
$9,286
Jardin des Tuileries
Jean-Philippe Henric
Print - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$511
Apology Socrates
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 104.9 x 99.8 x 4.6 cm Painting - 41.3 x 39.3 x 1.8 inch
$4,000
Le spectacle du contorsionniste (XXL)
Skepa
Painting - 72 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting - 28.3 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$11,667
A Not So Distant Future
Andrew Weir
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,810
Tokyo as might have been (No2)
Andrew Weir
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,810
Marianne, série Récits cosmogoniques
Jean-Marc Hunt
Painting - 75 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$5,357
Sunset Over the Kingdom
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 180.3 x 180.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 71 x 71 x 2 inch
$17,400
Use your illusion I
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 149.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 59 x 1.8 inch
$14,400
La vie
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$500
Inquisiteur, série Récits cosmogoniques
Jean-Marc Hunt
Painting - 170 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$16,667
Parabol, série Récits cosmogoniques
Jean-Marc Hunt
Painting - 170 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$16,667
8, série Récits cosmogoniques
Jean-Marc Hunt
Painting - 170 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$16,667
Jardin Ailé, Série jardin créole
Jean-Marc Hunt
Painting - 168 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 66.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$16,667
Ciseaux d’argent - Série Madras
Jean-Marc Hunt
Painting - 170 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 66.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$16,667
Cerveaux en fuite - Série Madras
Jean-Marc Hunt
Painting - 170 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 66.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$16,667
Anonimo Pank
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 115 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.3 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,381
Santo anonimo
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,976
Sibouten
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.8 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch
$2,381
Mujeres borrachas # 6
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 115 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.3 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,786
Messenger from Sirius
Themanfromthefuture Urano
Painting - 182 x 168 x 0.3 cm Painting - 71.7 x 66.1 x 0.1 inch
Price upon request
Le vent ramène les couleurs
Jéko
Painting - 140 x 110 x 0.3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
Sold
Le soleil brille même la nuit #2
Jéko
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
Sold
Reçois ce que je t'offre
Chloé Kelly Miller
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
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