Fuck the POlice

So i was bored yesterday and went on ebay and set out to find the most random things for sale. Clothes wise that is, you can get whatever you want on ebay...if you look hard enough. Aaaaaaanyways, after a few minutes of searching I found this:





It was from the Valentino's autumn/winter 2006-2007 collection. There was a whole section of prints from Basquiat.



Basquiat was a Haitian American artist who came to fame during the 80's, he also hung out with Andy Warhol from time to time. Alot of these young New York types are doing pieces that seem inspired by Basquiat, like Brian Kenny and Gio Black Peter but they've a while yet before they get to his level, or price bracket- Lars Ulrich sold a piece by Basquiat for almost $14million. Here are some pieces that stand out for me








Such a shame how he died though, he died from an overdose after speedballing. I guess the 80's were a little too excessive for some. He may be gone but his influence lives on.