Pasadena - Mixed Media

This mixed-media modern abstract collage draws us into a world where each cut newspaper is meticulously hemmed in black, like a frame accentuating its shape and significance. The art...

Upon initial observation, we are immediately drawn to the palpable energy – an energy reminiscent of some evocative paintings of Egon Schiele's figurative art, despite the stark styl...

Ramelzee "Beat Bop" Cover designed by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Mixed Media Print, Drawing and Gouache after Jean Michel Basquiat, signed and dated by Gérard Basquiat, 1981 and Lisanne B...

This reproduction of Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase" by artist N. Schultz is intriguing due to the depth of the required study and the various stages of refinement that preceded its creation. This is a work using a variety of media. Appearing as a painting, it is almost a sculpture, using pieces of straw and thin wood grouped together and then painted. Studying the painting, beyond the immense amount of research that must have gone into it, reveals another captivating aspect: the subject itself. It is one of Marcel Duchamp's most emblematic works, embodying elements of two crucial movements in the history of art. This was best expressed by Duchamp himself in 1912 when he declared: "I felt more Cubist than Futurist in this abstraction of a nude descending a staircase: the general aspect and the brownish chromatism of the painting are Cubist, even if the treatment of the movement has some Futurist overtones." The nude has always served as a coded representation meeting precise criteria. However, in this context, it is not posed statically but represents almost repeated movements like an open fan, and in relief, thus departing from the classical code of the nude where everything is immediate and requires no keys to interpret the scene. The main silhouette can be seen on the right-hand edge of the figure. And on the left, a multiplication of the same figure descending the staircase. It's extraordinary that the artist has succeeded in imitating this painting, creating a field of observation that rises into a third dimension. Duchamp said of his initial painting...

This is a semi-abstract watercolor mixed-media piece by MF Camilleri, dated 1964. Against a dark, grey background reminiscent of outer space from within a space shuttle, a long blend...

Ramelzee "Beat Bop" Cover designed by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Mixed Media Drawings and Gouache after Jean Michel Basquiat, signed by Gerard Basquiat and stamp by the Estate Of Jean Mic...

Ramelzee "Beat Bop" Cover designed by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Mixed Media Drawings and Gouache after Jean Michel Basquiat, signed by Gerard Basquiat and stamp by the Estate Of Jean Mic...

JM Basquiat And Andy Warhol Collaboration Lithograph numbered 19/150 The Visual Language of Collaboration Looking at the pieces the two artists were making together, it is easy to think of a conversation through painting. There is a strong sense of freedom in accepting and incorporating the other’s techniques, and the overlapping of those techniques creates the disruptive effect their work is known for. According to their gallerist Bruno Bischofberger, Andy’s work was “a kind of poster style featuring heraldically hand-painted enlargements of advertising images, headlines, and company logos but partly in painterly, free brushstrokes, similar to a part of his early works of 1961 and early 1962.” In the realm of contemporary art, few collaborations have been as influential as that of Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. From their meeting to their creative partnership, let's delve into the turbulent story of these legendary artists, celebrating their friendship and the indelible mark they left on the art world. In the early 1980s, Andy Warhol was one of the cultural icons of New York City, his fame and his influence were undisputed. With the Factory and his entourage of young artists, actors and musicians, he was nothing short of a celebrity in the art world. At the time, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a wild and talented graffiti artist. He coined the tag SAMO (sometimes written as SAMOã) in the late 1970s. This acronym, which stood for same old shit quickly gained notoriety across Manhattan’s streets, attracting the attention of many other artists, including Keith Haring and Warhol himself. Warhol and Basquiat: How Did It All Start As the story goes, the friendship between Warhol and Basquiat started in 1979. Basquiat spotted Andy Warhol dining with curator Henry Geldzahler at a fancy restaurant on Manhattan’s Spring Street. Basquiat walked in and introduced himself, and Warhol purchased one of his postcards for $1, despite the dismissal of the famous curator he was having lunch with. At this time in his career, in 1980, Basquiat abandoned graffiti and turned to paint, becoming one of the most interesting artists in downtown New York. He was noticed by gallerists, curators, and fellow artists for his disruptive work. It’s 1982 when Basquiat and Warhol have their first lunch together, organised by influential gallerist Bruno Bischofberger. The two immediately clicked and just two hours after the departure Basquiat was delivering a painting to Warhol’s studio, Dos Cabezas, made after a self-portrait polaroid of the two at lunch. Artistic Alliance and Friendship From there, the relationship between Warhol and Basquiat developed to become an intense friendship. Warhol, who was notoriously private, found solace in the fresh energies and edgy life of the younger artist. Basquiat, in turn, looked to Warhol as a mentor and confidant, like the father figure that had been missing from his life. Even further, the two are famous for painting together. The collaboration between Warhol and Basquiat started at the beginning of the 80s as a mail art project, which was initiated by galleries Bruno Bischofberger and included Italian artist Francesco di Clemente. The three would send each other’s partially finished canvases, in which one would add something to what he received from the other. The paintings were eventually shown by the gallerist in Zurich in 1984, in a show titled Collaborations, which was a huge success. But as time went by, the relationship between Warhol and Basquiat grew to become a true friendship. And that’s when their work together took a completely different approach. warhol and basquiat collaboration basquiat and warhol Creating Work Together: The Process By 1982 Basquiat...

Keith Haring Untlitled 1984 Ink drawing on paper Hand signed and dated . Keith Haring is one of the key members of a group of avant-garde New York-based artists who helped to redefin...

Keith Haring Untlitled 1984 Ink drawing on paper Hand signed and dated . Keith Haring is one of the key members of a group of avant-garde New York-based artists who helped to redefin...

Keith Haring Untlitled 1984 Ink drawing on paper Hand signed and dated . Keith Haring is one of the key members of a group of avant-garde New York-based artists who helped to redefin...

“I am an Artist for justice and peace, my works are influenced greatly by world conflicts, 9-11, violence and revenge in repeated disasters of war.” In artistic creation, there are...