Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat Boone Skateboard
Details
Both functional and expressive, this skateboard deck can be used for skating or displaying on your wall. The board is constructed with high-quality American maple wood, featuring the work Boone, 1983 in the center of the board.
- 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 the same
- Every deck is held in a climate-controlled curing room to ensure no warpage
- Board measures 86 in. (20.3x80.3 cm)
About the artwork: Created by Basquiat in 1983, this work represents his art dealer Mary Boone whose red lips and sleek, black hair are presented on an image of Mona Lisa, with her name “BOONE” written underneath.
Boone, 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.
