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Hebru Brantley is known for creating paintings and sculptures that depict playful, youthful characters. Comic books served as a major inspiration for the American artist's work. His installation Nevermore Park: Home of Flyboy in Chicago, Illinois, is one of his most famous works. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Hebru Brantley art.
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Hebru Brantley Calling All Cars Rug (Hebru Brantley batman)
By Hebru Brantley
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley Calling All Cars rug (Hebru Brantley Blk Man):
Hebru Brantley's brilliant take on Batman beautifully executed as a well-sized, aesthetically pleasing rug art piece, su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Hebru Brantley Flyboy (Hebru Brantley art toy)
By Hebru Brantley
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley (Hebru Brantley art toy), 2017. New in its original packaging.
Medium: Painted cast vinyl.
Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 4 inches (22.9 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm).
New and sealed in i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Hebru Brantley Flyboy (Hebru Brantley art toy)
By Hebru Brantley
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley Flyboy, 2018. New in its original packaging.
Medium: Painted cast vinyl.
Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 4 inches (22.9 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm).
New, never displayed; accompanied by original packaging.
From a sold out edition of unknown; published by Hebru Brantley, Billionaire Boys...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Hebru Brantley Gaia (Hebru Brantley Lil Mama as Gaia Black & Gold)
By Hebru Brantley
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley GAIA (Hebru Brantley Lil Mama as Gaia):
Hebru Brantley’s ethereal art toy features his much iconic, Lil Mama character as Gaia, the fabled personification of Mother E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl
Hebru Brantley Flyboy set of 4 works (Hebru Brantley art toys)
By Hebru Brantley
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley Art Toy collection: 2018/2022. Set of 4: Hebru Brantley art toys, each new in original packaging: Composed of three 2017 Hebru Brantley Flyboy's & one Hebru Brantley F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl, Resin
Hebru Brantley Flyboy Set of 3 (Hebru Brantley art toy)
By Hebru Brantley
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley Beyond the Beyond, 2018. Set of 3 Hebru Brantley Flyboy’s, each new in original packaging.
Medium: Painted cast vinyl.
Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 4 inches (22.9 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm).
Each new in its original packaging.
From a sold out edition of unknown; published by Hebru Brantley, Billionaire Boys Club & BAIT.
Artist Statement:
"Flyboy came out of characters of colour within popular culture. I hate saying “popular culture,” but it’s really popular culture. I mean you look at cartoons. You’ve got animated sponges and ducks and birds and whatever, and it’s very rare to see a popular character within any medium that is African-American, Latino, even Asian.
What I wanted to do was create that, but in a space of high art and be able to have some historical context to that character. So I looked at the Tuskegee Airmen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl, Resin