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Herschel Chapter Bag Basquiat – Untitled-Skull (1981)

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Herschel
$60.00

Description

This Herschel Chapter Bag Basquiat is part of an exclusive collaboration between Herschel Supply Co. and the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. This collaborative backpack displays Basquiat’s signature style throughout the sturdy canvas exterior for a colorful style. This Herschel Chapter Bag features Basquiat's work "Untitled-Skull" made in 1981. 1980s art icon and native New Yorker Jean-Michel Basquiat was hailed for works that draw on a multivalent range of sources, from Greek, Roman, and African art to jazz, pop culture and his artistic contemporaries. Before he rose to art stardom, however, his work was already legendary on the streets of downtown NYC. Under the tag SAMO©, Basquiat’s fragmented poetry and poignant symbols established a visual vocabulary that continues to inspire a new generation of graffiti artists today. Basquiat also presented challenges to the institution of Art, along with the graffiti artist Keith Haring, who both served as intermediary artists attempting to bridge the academically-trained artistic production with that of the intuitive and non-traditional graffiti art. Basquiat’s art style was focused on themes such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience. He was mostly known for his unique combinations of text and images. His pieces were strongly political and direct in their address of power structure and systems of racism. More details on Herschel Chapter Bag Basquiat – Untitled-Skull (1981):

Technical Specifications

  • Dimensions: 6" H x 9.5" W x 4.5" D
  • Weight: 1 lbs (est)
  • Materials: 100% polyester, allover Basquiat Print.
  • Color: Multicolored
  • Care Instructions: Spot clean with water
  • Additional features: Waterproof zipper detailed main compartment; Front storage pocket; Tonal black striped fabric liner; Internal mesh storage sleeve
  • © Herschel Supply Co. x Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat Licensed by Artestar, New York
Basquiat

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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