Jean-Michel Basquiat Untitled (Red King) Skateboard from The Skateroom Unexpected gift Julia Bryan-Wilson

Julia Bryan-Wilson

yet frees himself from prescriptions and pushes beyond the frame of tradition

In this volume of the One on One series

which reveal and challenge stereotypes of race and gender

Jean-Michel Basquiat Untitled (Red King) Skateboard from The Skateroom Unexpected gift Julia Bryan-WilsonNeo expressionist artist Jean Michel Basquiats most famous motif, the crown, appears in many of his paintings, including Untitled (1982), reproduced here on this skateboard thats crafted from seven ply Canadian maple wood. It measures 32h x 8. 25w x 0. 5""d. 1980s art icon and native New Yorker Jean Michel Basquiat was hailed for works that draw on a multivalent range of sources, from Greek, Roman, and African art to jazz, pop culture and his artistic