Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat New Wave Jacquard Beach Towel
Details
This oversized jacquard towel is a made from 100% cotton and is both absorbent and durable. The towel features Jean-Michel Basquiat's New York/New Wave artwork in brilliant red woven against a light blue background.
- 100% cotton terry
- Measures 39.3 x 64 inches (100 x 164 cm)
- Made in Portugal
- Delivers folded and wrapped in a paper belly band
About the artwork: This early work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York/New Wave, was first exhibited at the seminal group exhibition at the P.S. 1 gallery in 1981 that was also titled "New York/New Wave". The exhibition is credited for launching Basquiat's career.
Artwork © Jean-Michel Basquiat Estate. 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.
