Jean-Michel Basquiat's raw and energetic work in oil stick on paper reflects his deep engagement with popular printed materials, weaving together imagery and text drawn from comic books, advertisements, and medical textbooks. His distinctive neo-expressionist style transforms these everyday sources into layered compositions that challenge notions of power, identity, and knowledge. The immediacy of the oil stick medium captures Basquiat's spontaneous, graffiti-influenced mark-making, giving the work a visceral and urgent quality.