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This vivid composition channels Basquiat’s signature neo-expressionist style, featuring a central skull-like face with a grid-patterned blue jaw and red eyes, surrounded by a dynamic array of symbolic and textual elements. Text phrases such as “FREE ASSAN,” “NEPTUNE,” “FRUIT OF THE LOOM,” “THE ART,” “JAZZ,” “WASHINGTON SQ PARK,” “GIN,” and “LESTER YOUNG” appear across the canvas, weaving a complex narrative of cultural, historical, and political references. The artwork employs bold primary colors—red, yellow, blue—with striking blacks and touches of white, incorporating primitive figurative forms like a red hand with extended fingers, a bone, a fish, and a crown. Iconography such as the barbed circle halo around the skull’s head and the prominent jazz crown highlights themes of struggle, identity, and artistic royalty. Layers of text intermingle with fragmented imagery, emphasizing African-American heritage, urban experience, and musical legacy. This is contemporary decorative artwork inspired by 1980s neo-expressionism’s engagement with Black culture, jazz history, and street vernacular. Ideal for collectors of urban art or those drawn to expressive, symbol-rich compositions. Excellent condition throughout. Ready to frame or hang.
This vivid composition channels Basquiat’s signature neo-expressionist style, featuring a central skull-like face with a grid-patterned blue jaw and red eyes, surrounded by a dynamic array of symbolic and textual elements. Text phrases such as “FREE ASSAN,” “NEPTUNE,” “FRUIT OF THE LOOM,” “THE ART,” “JAZZ,” “WASHINGTON SQ PARK,” “GIN,” and “LESTER YOUNG” appear across the canvas, weaving a complex narrative of cultural, historical, and political references. The artwork employs bold primary colors—red, yellow, blue—with striking blacks and touches of white, incorporating primitive figurative forms like a red hand with extended fingers, a bone, a fish, and a crown. Iconography such as the barbed circle halo around the skull’s head and the prominent jazz crown highlights themes of struggle, identity, and artistic royalty. Layers of text intermingle with fragmented imagery, emphasizing African-American heritage, urban experience, and musical legacy. This is contemporary decorative artwork inspired by 1980s neo-expressionism’s engagement with Black culture, jazz history, and street vernacular. Ideal for collectors of urban art or those drawn to expressive, symbol-rich compositions. Excellent condition throughout. Ready to frame or hang.