Jean-Michel Basquiat Pez Dispenser

Pez Dispenser is an artwork created in 1984 by Jean-Michel Basquiat. It depicts a dinosaur wearing a crown. Its style and form are typical of Basquiat's work, which blended elements of street art with a complex, neo expressionist style. Much of Basquiat's work was figurative referencing popular culture. Pez Dispenser refers to the US candy known as Pez. Pez Dispenser is highly symbolic featuring the crown symbol that Basquait often utilised in his work. Basquiat elevated the symbol of the crown to a deep and archetypal status. For him it was a symbol of the class struggle and financial inequality that he documented throughout his life.