{"product_id":"gravestone-jean-michel-basquiat","title":"Gravestone - Jean-Michel Basquiat","description":"\u003cp\u003eA powerful 1987 triptych by Jean-Michel Basquiat, featuring raw, gestural marks on found wooden doors that explore themes of mortality and urban decay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJean-Michel Basquiat created Gravestone in 1987, utilising found materials to construct a triptych-like arrangement. The work consists of three wooden door panels hinged together, providing a physical structure that departs from the traditional flat canvas. Basquiat applies acrylic paint and oilstick directly onto the wood, allowing the grain and texture of the doors to remain visible beneath his marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition features recurring motifs found throughout Basquiat's oeuvre. On the left panel, a stark black flower stands beside a yellow cross, symbols that evoke themes of mortality and spiritual reflection. The central panel bears the word PERISHABLE, scrawled in a raw, aggressive hand that recalls the artist's early experience as a street writer. This text is partially obscured by energetic, gestural black lines, creating a sense of urgency and decay. The right panel displays a skull-like mask, rendered in red, white, and black, which functions as a memento mori. The use of hinges to connect the panels suggests a portable or folding altar, further grounding the piece in the tradition of religious iconography while subverting it through the lens of urban decay and consumer culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBasquiat's application of paint is immediate and unrefined. He prioritises raw expression over technical precision, using bold colours and jagged lines to convey psychological weight. The choice of discarded doors as a support medium reflects his interest in the detritus of the city, transforming everyday objects into vehicles for personal and social commentary. This work captures the tension between the permanence of death and the fleeting nature of existence, themes that occupied much of his output during the late 1980s. The physical presence of the doors forces the viewer to confront the work as an object in space rather than a window into a scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:2rem;padding-top:1.5rem;border-top:1px solid #e5e5e5;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:0.85rem;color:#888;font-weight:600;margin:0 0 0.75rem;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.05em;\"\u003eYou might also like\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:0.5rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/nl\/products\/mystical-floral-dreamscape-yayoi-kusama\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f8f9fa;border:1px solid #e5e5e5;border-radius:20px;padding:0.35rem 0.85rem;font-size:0.8rem;color:#2a555a;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none !important;background-image:none !important;\"\u003eMystical Floral Dreamscape by Yayoi Kusama\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/nl\/products\/blank-signs-edward-ruscha\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f8f9fa;border:1px solid #e5e5e5;border-radius:20px;padding:0.35rem 0.85rem;font-size:0.8rem;color:#2a555a;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none !important;background-image:none !important;\"\u003eBlank Signs - Edward Ruscha by Ed Ruscha\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/nl\/collections\/jean-michel-basquiat\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#2a555a;border:1px solid #2a555a;border-radius:20px;padding:0.35rem 0.85rem;font-size:0.8rem;color:#ffffff;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none !important;background-image:none !important;\"\u003eJean-Michel Basquiat artwork →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jean-Michel Basquiat","offers":[{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Small Square (30x30 cm) \/ -","offer_id":59112879325519,"sku":null,"price":37.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Medium Square (40x40 cm) \/ -","offer_id":59112894955855,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Large Square (50x50 cm) \/ -","offer_id":59112894988623,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/9292\/1935\/files\/Gravestone_Poster_CompositorV1_1791916414994.jpg?v=1791916598","url":"https:\/\/www.solisprints.co.uk\/nl\/products\/gravestone-jean-michel-basquiat","provider":"Solis Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}