John O'Hara. Deck, 3, Encaustic Painting
By John O'Hara
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
The Deck series. This screen-printed skateboard triptych was designed in 2014 by The Skateroom with the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is a reproduction of Basquiat's 1983 work, In Italian. Float-mounted on encaustic painted boards.
Framed in maple float frame with 24 K gold leaf front.
Art Dimensions: 48 x 36 H inches
Framed Dimensions: 49.5 W x 37.5 H x 4.5 D inches
Over a year in the making, Decks is a mixed media series combining O'Hara's favorite medium, encaustic wax, as the backdrop and base for art-edition skate decks. The skate decks, screen-printed with contemporary art by Warhol, Basquiat, Haring, and more, are float mounted onto board. With a nod to pop art and street art, each board is painted to complement the decks that sit atop. In works like Deck 15 and Deck 18, O'Hara float mounts sets of Keith Haring decks...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings