{"id":22207,"date":"2017-03-20T12:24:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T12:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=22207"},"modified":"2019-01-23T10:53:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T10:53:22","slug":"urban-decay-launches-collection-artist-jean-michel-basquiat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/urban-decay-launches-collection-artist-jean-michel-basquiat\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Decay launches collection with artist Jean-Michel Basquiat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Urban Decay launches\u00a0a new beauty collaboration for summer 2017 – with the work of the late, great American artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat as its design and colour inspiration.<\/p>\n

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The collection has a great range of eyeshadow palettes, limited edition lipsticks, blush palette, eye liners and 3 very chic cosmetics bags to keep it all in. If you are feeling very flush there’s also a limited edition UD Vault which contains the whole collection. The collection is available from late April.<\/p>\n

Ruby Rose fronts the line – not without controversy – see more below:<\/p>\n

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Urban Decay Summer 2017 Jean-Michel Basquiat Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tenant Eyeshadow Palette \u2013 Limited Edition<\/strong>
\nStudio \u2013 pale pink matte
\n1960 \u2013 bright pink matte
\nNeo \u2013 rich aubergine with micro-shimmer
\nLes \u2013 charcoal-black matte-satin
\nGraffiti \u2013 deep metallic green
\nExu \u2013 bright green shimmer
\nBoom \u2013 bright teal matte
\nUntitled \u2013 rich deep blue matte<\/p>\n

Gold Griot Eyeshadow Palette \u2013 Limited Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enigma \u2013 neutral pale nude matte<\/span><\/p>\n

Levitation \u2013 warm pale nude matte
\nNot for Sale \u2013 medium sienna matte
\nSuckerpunch \u2013 warm brown shimmer
\nInfluence \u2013 brown satin wtih gold shimmer
\nBK \u2013 gray matte-satin
\nPseudonym \u2013 deep navy matte
\nCrown \u2013 very metallic gold<\/p>\n

Gallery Blush Palette \u2013 Limited Edition<\/strong>
\nX-Rated \u2013 medium pink
\nNow\u2019s The Time \u2013 gold-champagne shimmer
\nJawbone \u2013 medium bronze
\nNOHO \u2013 radiant berry<\/p>\n

Vice Lipstick \u2013 Limited Edition<\/strong>
\nAbstract \u2013 nude-taupe (Cream)
\nEpigram \u2013 neutral sienna (Cream)
\nExhibition \u2013 medium pink-purple (Comfort Matte)<\/p>\n

24\/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil \u2013 Limited Edition<\/strong>
\nPost Punk \u2013 bright neon green with a hint of pearl
\nAnatomy \u2013 sienna matte
\nVivid \u2013 bright teal matte
\nCosmetic Bag \u2013 Limited Edition<\/p>\n

Gallery Cosmetic Bag<\/p>\n

1983 Cosmetic Bag<\/p>\n

Untitled Cosmetic Bag<\/p>\n

UD Jean-Michel Basquiat Vault \u2013 Limited Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part of the UD Jean-Michel Basquiat collection, this Vault contains the\u00a0entire Basquiat makeup collection.<\/p>\n

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To get a better understanding of the thought process behind the collection, the Cut spoke with David Stark, president of Artestar, the creative firm that has managed the licensing of Basquiat\u2019s work for nearly 20 years.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

How did the collection with Urban Decay come to fruition?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a company we\u2019re routinely going out to find interesting ways to bring artists into the cultural mainstream. Someone like Jean-Michel has been deceased for a long time and it\u2019s important for us to keep his profile high and find good, relevant ways of bringing him into the cultural landscape. When we think about a program we try and figure out who the right fit would be and vehicles that would be a good platform for us to get our message out. Urban Decay is a company we\u2019ve known for several years. It took us a little bit of time to craft the program we eventually developed with them, but we did feel that as a brand Urban Decay is edgy and had an element of artistry and felt like a good fit.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important for us to keep his profile high and find good, relevant ways of bringing him into the cultural landscape.
\nWho approached whom?<\/p>\n

We approached them about three years ago. The actual collaboration took about a year to come together after we initially met.<\/p>\n

What was the estate\u2019s role in the collaboration?<\/strong><\/p>\n

With any licensing programs that we develop, we\u2019re granting a certain set of rights, but we have a very strict approval process. In most cases we pick the right company and we have a good perspective on why we\u2019re working with them. We have a pretty easy time creating the assets and going to market. That said, we work very closely with them in developing the final products. We have a product developer in-house that works with the brands that we work with. We also have a brand strategist that helps put together the concepts so we\u2019re very strategic about how we put the programs together.<\/p>\n

Ruby Rose is a noted fan of Basquiat\u2019s work. Did you select her to represent the collection, or was it a coincidence?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As far as I know it was a coincidence. I think it was a happy coincidence for Ruby Rose. She was personally very thrilled that Urban Decay had selected Basquiat to do an activation with.
\nWe like the idea of introducing Basquiat to a new audience and a new generation. This is a way for us to get out in a very public way and engage people with his art and hopefully get them to do a little research and learn something about Basquiat. The other thing is, there are plenty of people, when it comes to beauty, who are not necessarily the museum-going audience. There may be a consumer from Urban Decay who never steps foot in a museum and this is a subversive way of getting Basquiat into different people\u2019s eyeballs that they wouldn\u2019t necessarily see otherwise. Basquiat was a great communicator and this is a way for that art to get out and communicate on a different plane.<\/p>\n

With thanks to The Cut.<\/p>\n

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