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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L’invitation au voyage
Yohan Storti
Painting - 185 x 140 x 3.5 cm Painting - 72.8 x 55.1 x 1.4 inch
$6,525
Masque totemic #8
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$113
Masque totemic #7
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$113
Masque totemic #5
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$113
Billet colombien #2
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.6 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$237
Ruminations (Lilies)
Andrew Weir
Painting - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$3,559
Masque nocturne
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$113
Waiting for the Sun
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 72.9 x 59.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.8 inch
$5,400
Home balloon
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 140 x 95 x 4.6 cm Painting - 55.1 x 37.4 x 1.8 inch
$4,000
Éternel été # 2
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 159.8 x 99.8 x 4.6 cm Painting - 62.9 x 39.3 x 1.8 inch
$4,000
Love Spectrum 2
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.8 inch
$9,600
Marianne, série Récits cosmogoniques
Jean-Marc Hunt
Painting - 75 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$5,339
Masque totemic #3
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$113
Masque totemic #3
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$113
Masque totemic #1
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$113
Orange skull
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$297
Masque orange
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$113
In gold we trust
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$202
Skull by nature
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.6 x 6.1 x 0 inch
$178
Masque violet
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$113
Skull by nature
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$202
Mister Chance
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.6 x 6.1 x 0 inch
$178
Skull by Nature
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.6 x 6.1 x 0 inch
$178
Secrets handshakes and bizarre rituals
Paul Kostabi
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,373
La jeune fille à la perle
Jean-Philippe Henric
Print - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$509
Prétexte rêvé pour fond rouge
Barbara d'Antuono
Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$4,983
Prétexte pour fond rouge
Barbara d'Antuono
Painting - 65 x 81 x 5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 2 inch
$4,983
Faux prétexte pour fond rouge
Barbara d'Antuono
Painting - 65 x 81 x 5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 2 inch
$5,339
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
Wonderful Life
Grégoire Devin
Sculpture - 18.9 x 11.4 x 10 cm Sculpture - 7.4 x 4.5 x 3.9 inch
$4,200
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
$498
Roquefort and Rice
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$214
