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Jean-Michel Basquiat: Riding with Death « Previous | |Next »
May 7, 2013

One of my favorites of Jean-Michel’s Baquiat's work. The background is more metallic, lighter, more spectral.

Basquiatridingwithdeath.jpg Jean Michel Basquiat, Riding with death, 1988

This painting has been grounded with a dull, gray paint, a departure from the colorful backgrounds the artist typically employed. In the work’s center, a faceless figure is shown riding a skeleton, the back of its head facing the viewer.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 11:25 AM |