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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Mask geometric - Geometric art
Tarek
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,738
Regard à droite
Jéko
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,429
Les yeux dans les tiens, souris #3
Jéko
Sculpture - 68.5 x 23 x 4 cm Sculpture - 27 x 9.1 x 1.6 inch
$3,095
Make art not war
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 39.5 x 27 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.6 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$1,012
Rocketman - collection spéciale Grands Formats
Jean-Philippe Henric
Print - 180 x 135 x 1 cm Print - 70.9 x 53.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,500
Wild Flowers (Edition Vieillie)
Toctoc
Print - 42 x 29.7 x 0.01 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$655
Catch the sun (4 pieces)
Themanfromthefuture Urano
Painting - 110 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,905
She knows the names birds and flowers (2)
Andrew Weir
Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,191
Ba nié ( la sardine dorée )
Stéphane Foucaud
Painting - 93.5 x 114.5 x 4 cm Painting - 36.8 x 45.1 x 1.6 inch
$2,443
Amigo 7
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 104.9 x 99.8 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 39.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,000
Flou d'amour
Jazzu
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 36 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$893
Pour que tu m’aimes encore
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$655
Migrant, 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
Sans titre
Dominique Liccia
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 39 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 15.4 inch
$714
Les utopiques
Caroline Veith
Fine Art Drawings - 102 x 122 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 40.2 x 48 x 2 inch
$7,024
Don't be afraid
Christian Dugardeyn
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$595
Ecoute au loin le TAM TAM de mon coeur qui vient vers toi
Lionel Sourisseau
Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 cm Painting - 14.2 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$595
Sublimer l'instant présent
Jazzu
Painting - 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,738
Sans se prendre au sérieux
Jazzu
Painting - 73 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,738
Sous la nuit les couleurs de la vie
Jazzu
Painting - 130 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,810