Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat Beat Bop Skateboard Decks Set of 3
Details
Both functional and expressive, this set of skateboard decks can be used for skating or adorning your wall. The boards were constructed with high-quality recycled maple wood. Sold only as a set, these three boards connected show Basquiat's album cover artwork Beat Bop.
• 7-ply of 100% North American Maple, bonded with Epoxy Resin
• Stronger than the industry standard 7-ply construction
• Longer deck life, holds “pop” longer
• Individually pressed to ensure every deck is exactly the same
• Every deck is held in a climate-controlled curing room to ensure no warpage
• Graphics utilize the multi-media aspects in the artwork, with both single level and raised ink areas
• Every deck made contributes towards the National Forest Foundation tree planting program
• Each board measures 8x31.6 in. (20.3x80.3 cm)
About the artwork: In 1983, Jean-Michel Basquiat produced one of the most valuable hip-hop records ever made: Beat Bop, a 10-minute single performed as a rap battle between K-Rob and Rammellzee, with the album jacket and vinyl art created by Basquiat himself.
Beat Bop, 1983
© Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Licensed by Artestar, New York
Jean-Michel Basquiat
A poet, musician, and graffiti prodigy in late-1970s New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat had honed his signature painting style of obsessive scribbling, elusive symbols and diagrams, and mask-and-skull imagery by the time he was 20. “I don’t think about art while I work,” he once said. “I think about life.” Basquiat drew his subjects from his own Caribbean heritage—his father was Haitian and his mother of Puerto Rican descent—and a convergence of African-American, African, and Aztec cultural histories with Classical themes and contemporary heroes like athletes and musicians. Often associated with Neo-expressionism, Basquiat received massive acclaim in only a few short years, showing alongside artists like Julian Schnabel, David Salle, and Francesco Clemente. In 1983, he met Andy Warhol, who would come to be a mentor and idol. The two collaborated on a series of paintings before Warhol’s death in 1987, followed by Basquiat’s own untimely passing a year later.
