NEW YORK CITY STUDIOS
BASQUIAT’S STUDIO 2, gouache on board
“I know you are an artist.”
KEITH HARING’S STUDIO (CABLE BUILDING/NYC, 1983) mixed media on canvas, 68 x 86in/172 x 218.5cm, 2023 AVAILABLE FROM UNIT LONDON FROM UPCOMING EXHIBITION
“The more I paint, the more I like everything.”
BASQUIAT’S STUDIO 1, acrylic + oil crayon on canvas, 66 x 72in/168 x 183cm, 2017
“Pick up some chalk and help me. I need to cover these six black posters and I could use some help.”
KEITH HARING’S STUDIO (NEW YORK, 1988), acrylic on canvas, 62 x 72 in/ 157.5 x 182.9cm, 2010 (CLICK IMAGE FOR PRINT)
Keith Haring encouraged Damian to start painting. The following year Damian was invited to exhibit with Basquiat at The Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh.
DAMIAN, ROBERT FRASER + JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT IN 1985, gouache on paper, 11 x 11in/28 x 28cm
“Thank you Damian, but I want to tell you a secret about this painting. I made it last night in the alleyway behind the Hilton Hotel.”
BASQUIAT’S STUDIO 7, oil crayon + acrylic on canvas, 80.75 x 261in/205.1 x 663cm, 2022 Visitors experience a life size recreation of Basquiat’s loft on Crosby Street in 1983. Collection of Fubon Art Museum, Taipei
“It’s so easy to make a painting these days… buy six cans of spray paint and find an empty wall in the city.”
Keith Haring’s Studio
JEFF KOONS’ STUDIO, gouache on board, 20 x 20in/50.8 50.8cm, 2016 Collection of Mark London + Dania Fitzgerald
HELEN FRANKENTHALER’S STUDIO, 2020 Gouache on board 47 x 64 cm Collection of Fubon Art Museum (CLICK IMAGE TO SEE MORE STUDIOS LIKE THIS)
KUSAMA’S STUDIO (NYC, 1966) gouache on board, 19 x 19 in/48.2 x 48.2 cm, 2020 Collection of Fubon Art Foundation (CLICK IMAGE TO SEE MORE STUDIOS LIKE THIS)
ROY LICHTENSTEIN’S STUDIO (NYC, 1964) acrylic on canvas, 62 x 72in/157.5 x 182.9cm, 2019 Collection of Marciano Art Foundation
“Just act like you’re having a party and pretend I’m not here.”
WARHOL’S FACTORY (NYC, 1964) acrylic on canvas, 64 X 72in
“My friends took me to a train yard where I made my first painting on the side of a train. Since then I have made a painting every day.”
DE KOONING’S STUDIO (NYC/1952) gouache on board, 16 x 24in, 2018
Damian’s next show July 2024 Unit London, 3 Hanover Square, London W1
NICHOLAS PARTY’S STUDIO, 2020 Gouache on Board 18.5 X 25.2 in/47 x 64 cm
ALEX KATZ’S STUDIO, Mixed media on canvas 67.3 X 91IN/171 x 231 cm, 2020
ELLSWORTH KELLY’S STUDIO, gouache on paper, 12 x 18in, 2018
BASQUIAT’S STUDIO 3, oil crayon + acrylic on canvas, 66 x 72in/168 x 183cm, 2018 (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR PRINT)
“Now I am going to do you a big favor. If you haven’t done a painting by the next time I see you, I won’t talk to you.”