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Tadas Zaicikas Lithuanian-Canadian Mixed Media

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Tadas Zaicikas Lithuanian-Canadian Mixed Media
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Mixed media on canvas. Featuring American flag amongst other designs. Reminiscent in the style of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Signed by Tadas Zaicikas (1974). Provenance: from the artist. Born in 1974, Tadas Zaicikas' creative work was predominantly influenced by the 1980s. The generation of artists that grew up in, and were inspired by, the nineteen eighties was influenced by a period of rapidly growing global capitalism, political upheaval, notable wealth discrepancy, global mass media and distinctive music and fashion, including electronic pop music and hip hop. The nineteen eighties was the era of African famine, the height of the Cold War, and also the end of it, as marked by the fall of the Berlin Wall. influential art movements of the era include Neo Geo, The Pictures Generation and the international trend of Neo-Expressionism which manifested in Germany, the USA and Italy (where it was known as Transavanguardia). The decade was exemplified by artists like Anselm Kiefer, Jörg Immendorf, Enzo Cucchi, Francesco Clemente and Julian Schnabel. Street art and graffiti began to gain recognition, key artists of which include Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf.