Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat Now's the Time Hoodie
Details
This medium weight fleece hoodie features Basquiat’s artwork Now’s the Time printed across the center front of the black hoodie. The hoodie also features a kangaroo pocket at the front.
- 100% Cotton Fleece
- Unisex, adult size XS to XL, Relaxed Fit
- Made in China
- Machine wash cold with like colors; Do not bleach; Do not iron design
About the artwork: The bold, large work on plywood, Now’s the Time, 1985, pays homage to Basquiat’s idol Charlie Parker's Bebop work of the same title. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s record collection is said to have contained some 3,000 LPs, with Jazz and Bebop having a huge influence on the artist.
Now’s the Time, 1985
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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.
