Neo-Expressionist Mixed Media Painting in the Style of Jean-Michel Basquiat

This is a contemporary mixed-media artwork on what appears to be a gallery-wrapped canvas, heavily influenced by the Neo-Expressionist movement and the specific aesthetic of Jean-Michel Basquiat. The composition features a central, primitive-style head or mask rendered in thick black oil stick or paint, detailed with spiked hair and what looks like sunglasses or a hollowed-out ocular area. Above the figure is a heavy, black zig-zag or crown-like gesture. The background is divided into a vertical yellow band on the left and a textured grey/white field on the right, displaying significant layering, scrawling, and 'pentimenti' where underlying layers show through. The piece is laden with cryptic symbols, alphanumeric codes such as '85W' and '605' inside circles, and fragmented text including the word 'ROCK'. The technique utilizes a frantic, raw application of media, including oil stick, acrylic, and perhaps charcoal or graphite. The surface shows a gritty texture with intentional drips and smudges typical of street-art-inspired contemporary works. While the exact age is undeterminable from the photo, it reflects a late 20th to early 21st-century style. No definitive signature is visible in this view, suggesting it may be signed on the reverse or is an unsigned tribute piece. The condition appears stable with no obvious tears, though the 'distressed' appearance is a deliberate stylistic choice.