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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Marianne, série Récits cosmogoniques
Jean-Marc Hunt
Painting - 75 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€4,500
Love Spectrum 2
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.8 inch
€8,903
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
€95
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
€95
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
€95
Orange skull
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch
€250
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
€170
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
€150
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
€170
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
€150
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
€150
Secrets handshakes and bizarre rituals
Paul Kostabi
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Prétexte rêvé pour fond rouge
Barbara d'Antuono
Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
€4,200
Prétexte pour fond rouge
Barbara d'Antuono
Painting - 65 x 81 x 5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 2 inch
€4,200
Faux prétexte pour fond rouge
Barbara d'Antuono
Painting - 65 x 81 x 5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 2 inch
€4,500
Sunset Over the Kingdom
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 180.3 x 180.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 71 x 71 x 2 inch
€16,137
Use your illusion I
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 149.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 59 x 1.8 inch
€13,355
Wonderful Life
Grégoire Devin
Sculpture - 18.9 x 11.4 x 10 cm Sculpture - 7.4 x 4.5 x 3.9 inch
€3,895
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
€180
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
€5,008
Billet colombien #4
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.6 x 5.9 x 0 inch
€200
Billet colombien #3
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.6 x 5.9 x 0 inch
€200
Billet colombien #1
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.6 x 5.9 x 0 inch
€200
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
€429
Inquisiteur, série Récits cosmogoniques
Jean-Marc Hunt
Painting - 170 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€14,000
Parabol, série Récits cosmogoniques
Jean-Marc Hunt
Painting - 170 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€14,000
8, série Récits cosmogoniques
Jean-Marc Hunt
Painting - 170 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€14,000
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
€14,000
Amigo#7
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 180.1 x 150.1 x 4.6 cm Painting - 70.9 x 59.1 x 1.8 inch
€4,637
Dark side of the moon
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 119.9 x 100.6 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.6 x 1.2 inch
€2,597
La metafisica
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 169.9 x 150.1 x 4.6 cm Painting - 66.9 x 59.1 x 1.8 inch
€4,915
Me enamoro
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 122.9 x 99.8 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48.4 x 39.3 x 1.8 inch
€2,782
Porto fino
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 104.1 x 99.1 x 4.6 cm Painting - 41 x 39 x 1.8 inch
€2,894
Anonimo pank #7
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 164.1 x 99.8 x 4.6 cm Painting - 64.6 x 39.3 x 1.8 inch
€3,710
