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This provocative composition channels Basquiat’s raw neo-expressionist style, featuring a central blue-faced figure with spiky black hair and expressive facial markings rendered in bold black lines. Around this figure are layered motifs including a red mask-like face with exaggerated teeth, a black profile with menacing red eyes and a red hat, and a primitive flame on the left, adding symbolic intensity. Text elements infuse the work with African-American cultural and musical history, listing iconic names such as “Dizzy Gillespie,” “Owens,” “Rosa Parks,” “Malcolm,” “Booker T,” “Armstrong,” “Ellington,” and “MLK.” Smaller inscriptions like “NBA,” “MOON,” “EXIT,” and abbreviations such as “ULO,” “BOOTH,” “ROL,” and “DRT” create a cryptic urban lexicon, while graphic symbols including a red circle, crosshairs, and paired headphones punctuate the canvas. The color palette centers on bold reds, blues, blacks, and yellows, juxtaposed with raw paper texture, evoking the immediacy and grit of street art. This composition explores themes of identity, resistance, and cultural memory through primitive figurative forms, layered text, and symbolic imagery. This contemporary decorative artwork honors 1980s neo-expressionism’s fusion of African-American history, jazz and civil rights icons, and urban street aesthetics. Ideal for collectors drawn to socially engaged, culturally rich modern art. Excellent condition throughout. Ready to frame or hang.
This provocative composition channels Basquiat’s raw neo-expressionist style, featuring a central blue-faced figure with spiky black hair and expressive facial markings rendered in bold black lines. Around this figure are layered motifs including a red mask-like face with exaggerated teeth, a black profile with menacing red eyes and a red hat, and a primitive flame on the left, adding symbolic intensity. Text elements infuse the work with African-American cultural and musical history, listing iconic names such as “Dizzy Gillespie,” “Owens,” “Rosa Parks,” “Malcolm,” “Booker T,” “Armstrong,” “Ellington,” and “MLK.” Smaller inscriptions like “NBA,” “MOON,” “EXIT,” and abbreviations such as “ULO,” “BOOTH,” “ROL,” and “DRT” create a cryptic urban lexicon, while graphic symbols including a red circle, crosshairs, and paired headphones punctuate the canvas. The color palette centers on bold reds, blues, blacks, and yellows, juxtaposed with raw paper texture, evoking the immediacy and grit of street art. This composition explores themes of identity, resistance, and cultural memory through primitive figurative forms, layered text, and symbolic imagery. This contemporary decorative artwork honors 1980s neo-expressionism’s fusion of African-American history, jazz and civil rights icons, and urban street aesthetics. Ideal for collectors drawn to socially engaged, culturally rich modern art. Excellent condition throughout. Ready to frame or hang.