Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat Pez Dispenser Printed Crewneck
Details
This medium weight fleece crewneck features Basquiat’s Pez Dispenser across the front—with the dinosaur’s tail extending to the back side of the crewneck. The bottom left of the crewneck features a sewn-in woven tag printed with Basquiat’s handwritten text from his famed notebook pages.
- 100% Cotton Fleece
- Unisex, adult size XS to XL, Standard Fit
- Made in Portugal
- Machine wash cold with like colors; Do not bleach; Do not iron design
About the artwork: Much of Basquiat's work referenced popular culture. In This cartoon drawing of a dinosaur is adorned with Basquiat’s trademark symbol, a crown. The title, Pez Dispenser, refers to the confectionary company Pez whose dispensers were shaped like different pop culture characters.
Pez Dispenser, 1984
© 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.
