"Jean-Michel Basquiat was a Neo-Expressionist painter in the 1980s. He is best known for his primitive style and his collaboration with pop artist Andy Warhol." - retrieved from this link
Notice Basquiat's childlike style, the linear quality of his work and the graffiti elements? He stylises the human form, creating cartoon characters reminiscent of stick figures or doodles. His work is very colourful, bright and vibrant. He also uses quite a bit of black in his work. There is a lot of linear patterning in his work, similar to the dysgraphic scribbles of children. There is something very distorted and disrupted in his work, as well and it being increasingly unskilled.
What is Neo-Expressionism?
- Neo-expressionism is a style of late-modernist or early-postmodern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s. It is characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials. Neo-expressionism developed as a reaction against conceptual art and minimal art of the 1970s. Neo-expressionists returned to portraying recognisable objects, such as the human body (although sometimes in an abstract manner), in a rough and violently emotional way, often using vivid colours. - retrieved from this link
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