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Louisiana Poster with the work, Untitled, 1981 by the American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), published in connection with the 2026 exhibition Basquiat – Headstrong. The exhibition is set to be the first comprehensive showing devoted to the artist's depictions of the human head, including many works that the artist chose to keep to himself during his lifetime.
Occupying a position as an icon, myth and outright brand, Basquiat long ago burst out of the narrow confines of art history to become a ubiquitous global phenomenon: a young Black artist who broke through in a blitz of heads, bodies and potent symbols, only to vanish again at the age of 27. Since then, the mythology surrounding his life and work has only grown stronger; today it lives a life of its own in popular culture.
Amidst Basquiat’s explosive, expressive output, there is also a group of works – drawings in oilstick on paper, mainly from the period 1981-1983 – which revolve around the head as a motif and which are almost devoid of the symbols and text that are otherwise so characteristic of his practice. Basquiat kept these works to himself, and they remained virtually unknown to the public during his lifetime. The heads were not preparatory studies for paintings or works in other media. They are works in their own right, and thus invite reflection on Basquiat’s overall practice.
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