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Jean-Michel Basquiat - "Hollywood Africans"- Bandana

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Introducing this versatile bandana featuring Basquiat's artwork Hollywood Africans, complemented by a captivating graphic border design. This bandana is designed to be worn in various ways - around your neck, tied to your bag, or even on your furry friend.

About the artwork: Created during Basquiat's visit to Los Angeles for his solo exhibition, Hollywood Africans showcases a self-portrait as well as portraits of his friends, the artists Rammellzee and Toxic, who accompanied him on the trip. Basquiat referred to the trio as African "Americans in Hollywood," incorporating references to the film industry's stereotypes of Black characters and the limited roles available to Black actors.

Hollywood Africans, 1983

© Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat

Licensed by Artestar, New York

Details

  • 100% cotton, lightweight voile
  • 19.5x19.5 inches (49.5x49.5cm)
  • Made in China
  • Machine wash cold; Tumble dry low; Low heat iron
Basquiat

The artist

Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat is one of the best known artists of his generation and is widely considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His career in art spanned the late 1970s through the 1980s until his death in 1988, at the age of 27. Basquiat works are edgy and raw, and through a bold sense of color and composition, he maintains a fine balance between seemingly contradictory forces such as control and spontaneity, menace and wit, urban imagery and primitivism. The Basquiat brand embodies the values and aspirations of young, international urban culture.
The conjunction of various media is an integral element of Basquiat's art. His paintings are typically covered with text and codes of all kinds: words, letters, numerals, pictograms, logos, map symbols, diagrams and more, and featured multi-panel paintings and individual canvases with exposed stretcher bars, the surface dense with writing, collage and imagery.
Photo Credits: Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1982 - Andy Warhol © The Andy Warhol Foundation

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