The late Jean Michel Basquiat was an unknown graffiti artist living on the streets of New York, rising up to being the darling of New Yorks art critics in 1981. I have been looking at a lot of Basquiat's work recently, everything thing he did from being the graffiti artist samo to the critically acclaimed artist Jean Michel Basquiat... was amazing. I watched the film last night directed by Julian Schnabel, which is a very quick zip through of the artists life, it has an absolutly insane cast, some big names in there! It was a pretty interesting watch, however it was a rather dark existence that Basquiat had, never the less a true genius. Basquiat himself actually starred in a film named downtown 81, which i have seen parts of however the book that goes with it, New York Beat is amazing, very expensive though and hard to find but they have a copy in the library at charing cross, worth a look. The picture is of his infamous crown that Basquiat uses to symbolize himself as well as others that he talks about within his work.
1.25.2011
BASQUIAT
The late Jean Michel Basquiat was an unknown graffiti artist living on the streets of New York, rising up to being the darling of New Yorks art critics in 1981. I have been looking at a lot of Basquiat's work recently, everything thing he did from being the graffiti artist samo to the critically acclaimed artist Jean Michel Basquiat... was amazing. I watched the film last night directed by Julian Schnabel, which is a very quick zip through of the artists life, it has an absolutly insane cast, some big names in there! It was a pretty interesting watch, however it was a rather dark existence that Basquiat had, never the less a true genius. Basquiat himself actually starred in a film named downtown 81, which i have seen parts of however the book that goes with it, New York Beat is amazing, very expensive though and hard to find but they have a copy in the library at charing cross, worth a look. The picture is of his infamous crown that Basquiat uses to symbolize himself as well as others that he talks about within his work.