Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Head—The Mind

Bold, electric, and impossible to ignore—Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Head—The Mind is a striking, oversize volume dedicated to one of the most iconic motifs in Basquiat’s visionary practice: the human head. Across vivid, expressive portraits, Basquiat transforms faces into raw psychological landscapes—colorful, crowned, skeletal, and intensely alive. Each image pulses with urgency, as if thought itself is breaking through the surface. These are not just heads—they are identities in motion, emotions exposed, and modern memento mori rendered in uncompromising line and color.

At the center of this collection is Basquiat’s fascination with what lies beneath the surface: the mind as much as the face, the tension between inner thought and outward expression. His work becomes a language of symbols, fragments, and energy—unfiltered, immediate, and unforgettable. Introduced by Sophia Herivaux, Basquiat’s niece, this curated selection weaves together artwork with excerpts from interviews and primary sources, offering rare insight into the logic behind his cryptic brilliance, his explosive color, and his unmistakable visual rhythm.

Designed as an object as powerful as its contents, the volume features a faux-leather bound cover with tipped-in image, black endpapers, a ribbon bookmark, and a weighty presence meant to be experienced as much as read. Jean-Michel Basquiat—who rose from the streets of New York in the late 1970s to become one of the most influential artists of his generation—continues to shape art, music, and fashion today.

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Head—The Mind is more than a book. It’s a confrontation with the face of thought itself.

Details 

• Hardcover 
• 76 pages with 29 Illustrations
• Dimension: 15in x 11in