Jean-Michel Basquiat x Kidrobot Dunny Art Figure Series Launches
Kidrobot launches their "Jean-Michel Basquiat x Kidrobot Dunny Art Figure Series" - featuring the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat on their "Dunny" platform figure (think "Andy Warhol" series releases). Featured on the blog circa New York Toy Fair in February, they are now listed for sale on Kidrobot.com. Do also check in with your fave retailer(s) for availability. SRP for a blind-box of a 3-inch tall figure is US$11.99 (excluding shipping).
KIDROBOT PRESS: "Kidrobot is honored to announce a new collection featuring the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat Dunny Art Figures Series. Partnership done in collaboration with Artestar, which represents high-profile artists, photographers, designers, and creatives. Kidrobot is proud to bring contemporary art into your home with an all-new Jean-Michel Basquiat Dunny Art Figure Series, available today at Kidrobot.com and select retailers world-wide.
Jean-Michel Basquiat is one of the best known artists of his generation and is widely considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His art career spanned the late 1970s through the 1980s until his death in 1988, at the age of 27.
Basquiat works are edgy and raw, and through a bold sense of color and composition, he maintains a fine balance between seemingly contradictory forces such as control and spontaneity, menace and wit, urban imagery and primitivism. The Basquiat brand embodies the values and aspirations of young, international urban culture.
Continuing our celebration of inspirational artists of the 20th century, Kidrobot brings art to life with this new collectible 3-inch tall Dunny art figure series. Each high-quality vinyl Dunny art figure in this series depicts one of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s most iconic paintings throughout his short but prolific art career. Each figure is packaged in a sealed security foil bag and a blind box to preserve the rarity and collectibility of the collection. Collect all 18 art figures today at Kidrobot.com."
KIDROBOT PRESS (CONTINUED): "Basquiat often incorporated words into his paintings. Before his career as a painter began, he produced punk-inspired postcards for sale on the street, and become known for the political–poetical graffiti under the name of SAMO.
The conjunction of various media is an integral element of Basquiat's art. His paintings are typically covered with text and codes of all kinds: words, letters, numerals, pictograms, logos, map symbols, diagrams and more, and featured multi-panel paintings and individual canvases with exposed stretcher bars, the surface dense with writing, collage and imagery.
Dive into the coded world of Jean-Michel Basquiat to uncover the true depth of this artist's contribution to art with this collectible series by Kidrobot."
