False - Jean-Michel Basquiat
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A raw, conceptual work by Jean-Michel Basquiat featuring a dense collection of historical figures, classical references, and handwritten annotations.
False (1981) is a characteristic example of Jean-Michel Basquiat's early work on paper. The composition functions as a dense, non-linear index of historical and classical references, rendered with the raw, immediate line quality associated with his practice. Basquiat combines disparate elements: figures such as Pericles and Aphrodite appear alongside textual notations concerning Roman history, including the sack of Rome and the Pax Romana.
The work reflects Basquiat's interest in the deconstruction of institutional knowledge. By juxtaposing high-culture historical figures with crude, cartoonish sketches and handwritten annotations, he disrupts the traditional hierarchy of historical narrative. The inclusion of Greek and Latin terms, such as SPQR and the name Pericles in its original script, demonstrates his engagement with the linguistic components of power and antiquity. The visual field is crowded, yet the arrangement remains deliberately flat, prioritising the graphic impact of the marks over spatial depth.
Basquiat employs a limited palette, relying primarily on black ink against a stark white ground, with occasional bursts of red oilstick to draw attention to specific dates or figures. This economy of colour forces the viewer to focus on the interplay between the text and the imagery. The work lacks a singular narrative focus, instead offering a fragmented view of history that mirrors the chaotic nature of information consumption. It is a direct, unrefined examination of how historical facts are recorded, categorised, and ultimately presented as truth or falsehood within the cultural consciousness.
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- Archival matte fine-art paper, FSC-certified
- Multiple sizes and framing options available
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) to Large (60×90 cm)
- Frames: black, natural wood, dark wood or white
False - Jean-Michel Basquiat
Artist Biography
Jean Michel Basquiat
He had no formal art training. He dropped out of school at seventeen and slept on park benches and friends' floors. He sold hand-painted postcards and t-shirts. He gate-crashed a restaurant where the critic Henry Geldzahler was eating with Andy Warhol and handed them a postcard. Warhol bought one. The art world opened.
By twenty-one he was showing in galleries. By twenty-two he was the youngest artist ever invited to Documenta in Kassel. The paintings are dense, layered, furious: text fragments, anatomical drawings, crown symbols, crossed-out words, references to Black history, jazz, boxing, anatomy textbooks, and street signage. They look unplanned but they are not. The crossed-out words are deliberate. He wanted you to read them, then register the erasure.
He and Warhol collaborated on a series of paintings in 1984 and 1985. The relationship was complicated by the art market's tendency to treat Basquiat as Warhol's protege rather than his peer, and by the fact that Warhol, older and more established, got better reviews for the joint work. Basquiat pulled away.
He died of a heroin overdose in 1988, at twenty-seven. His paintings now sell for over 100 million dollars. He would have found that both satisfying and absurd.
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