Basquiat: Headstrong Publisher / Lannoo Theo Downes-Le Guin

Theo Downes-Le Guin

pop-up play scene that brings the story to life for hours of imaginative fun

a long cessation of vigour in which we must cultivate our stoicism

Dimensions when assembled: 17 x 5 x 15 cm

I climbed back up into the light of the jaguar sun – into the sea of the green sap of the leaves

Basquiat: Headstrong Publisher / Lannoo Theo Downes-Le GuinUsing the head as a site of investigation, Basquiat's frenetic drawings of faces are at once immediate and contemplative Between 1981 and 1983, Jean Michel Basquiat made between 50 and 100 drawings of heads. Working with oil stick on paper, he created a series far removed from his public paintings and collages filled with words and symbols a more concentrated, private study whose pieces are rarely exhibited and seldom offered for sale. Stripped of