Artworks inspired by Basquiat

Urban Wall Basquiat is a powerful collaborative work signed by Jérôme Mesnage and Lasveguix , who pays homage to the legacy of Jean-Michel Basquiat while asserting a style deeply rooted in contemporary urban aesthetics. The composition evokes a city wall marked by time, torn posters, and successive layers of visual interventions. Fragments of posters in shades of yellow, pink, and black, partially ripped, interact with dark areas, tags, and bursts of color, creating a dense, vibrant, and chaotic surface, true to the raw energy of the street. At the heart of the artwork appears the famous white body of Jérôme Mesnager, an emblematic figure of street art, captured in an upward and expressive movement. This luminous figure contrasts with the visual violence of the background and embodies a form of momentum, resistance, and freedom, like a human presence seeking to emerge from the urban tumult. Lasveguix's intervention reinforces the graphic and textural dimension of the whole, through a process of collage, tearing, and layering that echoes Basquiat's radical aesthetic: an instinctive, political, and profoundly vibrant style of painting. The work thus plays on the collective memory of street art, somewhere between homage, reinterpretation, and contemporary reappropriation. Urban Wall Basquiat presents itself as an urban palimpsest, where the history of graffiti, the mythology of modern art, and the raw reality of the street intersect. A committed, vibrant, and resolutely contemporary work, it celebrates the expressive power of urban art as a universal language.

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This unique edition brings together two icons of contemporary art: Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat . Inspired by their collaborative works and artistic dialogue in 1980s New York, this Bearbrick transposes their creative energy onto the cult silhouette of the toy-object. The design incorporates iconic elements from both artists: Basquiat's raw, instinctive graphic design, blending faces, words, and symbols, merges with Warhol's pop and commercial references, notably his colorful numbers and typography. The result is an explosive piece, where two worlds collide that have redefined the boundaries between high art and popular culture. In 400% format, this Bearbrick becomes a true work of art to collect, celebrating the power and avant-garde of two essential figures in the history of contemporary art.

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In this powerful work, Lasveguix pays homage to Jean-Michel Basquiat, an iconic figure in urban art and African-American culture. Basquiat's black and white face, dressed in a sober suit and tie, contrasts with the chaotic explosion of torn paper, layers of torn posters, colors, and graffiti surrounding him. The classic portrait is literally invaded by a living urban material, highlighting the tension between the frozen icon and the raw energy of the street. Lasveguix's approach consists of deconstructing the image in order to better recontextualize it, in a visual language made of superimposed layers, textures, and half-erased typography. We can distinguish fragments of words ("err," "live," "you"), bursts of pink, yellow, and black paint, as well as splashes that recall the spontaneous gesture of street art. The result is a portrait that is both reverential and organic, in which Basquiat's identity emerges through the visual tumult as a persistent, rebellious, and mythical presence.

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