Rome Pays Off
Founded by Christina (KiKi) Burns, Rome Pays Off is based in New York City. Rome Pays Off is a premium fashion and lifestyle brand that prides itself on balancing the worlds of art and fashion while celebrating individual style. Rome Pays Off works with culturally relevant artists to create statement-making pieces that are alternately conspicuous and subversive.
About the artwork: By combining imagery and texts in his art, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s works made reference to his influences from popular culture including cartoons, comic books, and advertisements to an education and curiosity in anatomical drawings, history and classic works of art, literature, and music. In Italian depicts many of these symbols including the profile of George Washington on the quarter, Latin verse, and the words “Crown of Thorns”.
Image: In Italian, 1983
© Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Licensed by Artestar, New York