Blackface Project™
Red Eyes Series
No.2
Jean-Michel Basquiat
December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement. Basquiat’s art focused on dichotomies such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus
segregation, and inner versus outer exper ience. He appropriated poetry, drawing,and painting, and married text and image,abstraction, figuration, and historial information mixed with contemporary critique. He used social commentary in his paintings as a tool for introspection and for identifying with his experiences in the Black community of his time, as well as attacks on power structures and systems of racism. His visual poetics were acutely political and direct in their criticism of colonialism and support for class struggle.
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The Blackface Project™ re-defined are images of American historical figures that have made significant contributions to humanity and who have a face that is Black...in her many shades.
The Red Eyes Series symbolize crying, tiredness, and determination in promoting peace, freedom, and equality. Some Black faces are well known, others are not.
The image is printed with fade-resistant inks on a lightweight 5 oz. Hanes ComfortSoft pre-shrunk 100% cotton crew neck plain white tee.
Washing Instructions: Machine gentle wash in cold water and regular temperature dry
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