Jean-Michel Basquiat
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JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT MASTERPIECE PEZ DISPENSER 8" DUNNY ART FIGURE
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Kidrobot is honored to continue our collection featuring the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat. This Dunny features the 1984 work, Pez Dispenser.
Kidrobot introduced the sold-out Jean-Michel Basquiat Dunny Art Figure Series in 2018 followed by three Masterpiece Dunnys, bringing the ground-breaking art of Basquiat to a new generation.
Add this Masterpiece Dunny to your collection before it's gone.
Dimensions: 9" x 7.5" x 6" inches
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.
