Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat Untitled Self Portrait 1960 T-Shirt
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This medium weight cotton t-shirt features Basquiat's Untitled Self Portrait 1960 across the front panel.
- 100% Cotton Jersey
- 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: Jean-Michel Basquiat's self portraits serve as a powerful exploration of his identity as a Black artist in a predominantly white art world, reflecting his personal evolution and broader social critiques. His early works are characterized by raw, untamed expressions of identity. Through his self portraits, Basquiat confronts themes of racial injustice, cultural identity and mortality.
Untitled Self Portrait 1960, 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.
