Kenny Scharf ' Unique Surfboard'

Artist:  Kenny Scharf Title: Unique SurfboardSize: 195.6 x 50.8 x 6.4 cm. (77 x 20 x 2 1/2 in.)Medium:  Spray Paint on Surf BoardEdition:  Unique Original 1 of 12  Year:  2021Notes: Signed and numbered 'Tim Bessell 1/12 Kenny Scharf' on the reverse.  Kenny Scharf is a legendary American artist who was a pioneer in the iconic 1980s East Village street art scene in New York. Together with artists such as Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Scharf helped spearhead the aesthetics of the era, co-authoring arguably the most essential chapter in street art history by positioning it as an equal player on the contemporary art world’s main stage. Today, the Californian is widely recognised as one of the most important figures in the ‘Lowbrow Pop Surrealism’ art movement, which is characterised by abstract imagery merging with dreamy cartoon characters, and is rooted in comics, punk music, and graffiti and street culture.  Like many other children growing up during Pop Art's cultu