The artwork titled “Unbleached Titanium” is a piece by Jean-Michel Basquiat, created in the year 1983. It utilizes a variety of mediums including acrylic, charcoal, crayon, pastel, and pencil. This work falls under the art movements of Neo-Expressionism and Street art, embodying a figurative genre. It is part of “The Daros Suite of Thirty-Two Drawings” and currently resides in the Daros Collection in Zürich, Switzerland. The dimensions of the artwork are 57 x 76.5 cm.
“Unbleached Titanium” prominently features abstract layers with a dominant use of unbleached titanium acrylic paint, partially obscuring underlying elements. Within these areas of paint, fragmented human faces and intricate sketches are visible, creating a juxtaposition of obscured and revealed imagery. The text and symbols interspersed throughout hint at the artist’s characteristic use of language and semiotics. The raw and dynamic composition invokes an intense, visceral reaction, typical of Basquiat’s powerful, expressive style.
