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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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
$2,368
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
$958
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
$1,353
Mask geometric - Geometric art
Tarek
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,593
Street Art portrait-32
SmaK-titi
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,593
Untitled
Themanfromthefuture Urano
Painting - 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$124
I'll wait for you under the sun
Andrew Weir
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,382
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
$2,931
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
$620
Tyo and the dog
SkunkDog
Sculpture - 70 x 50 x 7 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 19.7 x 2.8 inch
$5,637 $5,074
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
$15,784
Anonimo pank
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 116.6 x 99.8 x 4.6 cm Painting - 45.9 x 39.3 x 1.8 inch
$4,000
Sans titre
Dominique Liccia
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 48 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 18.9 inch
$733
Amicalement vôtre
Monsieur Jamin
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$13,530
Retrouvons-nous!
Christian Dugardeyn
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$564
Les utopiques
Caroline Veith
Fine Art Drawings - 102 x 122 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 40.2 x 48 x 2 inch
$5,074
Je suis le chien flottant dans ton cosmos
Lionel Sourisseau
Painting - 36 x 48 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14.2 x 18.9 x 0 inch
$902
the wise man
Christian Dugardeyn
Sculpture - 90 x 50 x 50 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$22,549
Une belle image du bonheur
Jazzu
Painting - 81 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,608
Sans se prendre au sérieux
Jazzu
Painting - 73 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,593
Sous le signe de l'espérance
Jazzu
Painting - 81 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,608
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
$3,608
A la conquête des rêves fous
Jazzu
Painting - 114 x 146 x 4 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 1.6 inch
$3,946
La vie est belle
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 37.5 x 23.4 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 9.2 x 0 inch
$620
Le timide en veste à fleurs
Jéko
Painting - 140 x 107 x 0.2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 42.1 x 0.1 inch
$3,946
Étourdi à la vue du soleil
Jéko
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,353
The Gotham city
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 28 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 11 x 0 inch
$789