Jean-Michel Basquiat
Basquiat Magnetic Bookmarks
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Basquiat Magnetic Bookmarks showcase Basquiat’s key iconography. Basquiat was fascinated with graphic symbols and created his own visual lexicon–the crown, the dinosaur and dinosaur Pez dispenser, play on words and text. This 3-bookmark set is the perfect gift readers and art-lovers alike.
• Size: 2.83 x 8.86”, 72 x 225 mm
• Set of 3 unique double-sided magnetic bookmarks
• Features 3 Basquiat iconic works of art
• Great gift for readers and art-lovers
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.
