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Jean-Michel Basquiat — Feng Yao
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Feng Yao

1983

"Feng Yao" exemplifies Jean-Michel Basquiat's signature mixed media approach, combining acrylic, oil stick, and paper collage on canvas to create a visually dense composition. The work reflects the artist's characteristic layering of gestural mark-making, text fragments, and found imagery, characteristic of his neo-expressionist practice. Through this heterogeneous assembly of materials, Basquiat synthesizes street art sensibilities with fine art traditions, creating a work that resists singular interpretation while maintaining the raw energy that defined his artistic practice.

Medium
acrylic, oil stick and paper collage on canvas

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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Feng Yao, 1983

"Feng Yao" exemplifies Jean-Michel Basquiat's signature mixed media approach, combining acrylic, oil stick, and paper collage on canvas to create a visually dense composition. The work reflects the artist's characteristic layering of gestural mark-making, text fragments, and found imagery, characteristic of his neo-expressionist practice. Through this heterogeneous assembly of materials, Basquiat synthesizes street art sensibilities with fine art traditions, creating a work that resists singular interpretation while maintaining the raw energy that defined his artistic practice.

Medium
acrylic, oil stick and paper collage on canvas
Year
1983
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Mixed Media, Gestural Brushwork, Abstract Figures, American Artist, Urban aesthetics, Canvas Painting, Symbolic Imagery, Neo-Expressionism, Raw Energy

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Collected by

Sebastián In Situ, Sarah Greenspan, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Alex Capecelatro, Nicholas Blum, Lisa Rembrandt, Sebastián Naranjo