Jean-Michel Basquiat
Today is the occasion to bear in mind the American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (22/12/1960-12/8/1988). Basquiat’s work is an example of how the American artists of the ‘80s could reintroduce the human figure in their work after the wide success of Minimalism and Conceptualism, thus establishing a dialogue with the more …
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work explored his mixed African, Latinx, and American heritage through a visual vocabulary of personally resonant signs, symbols, and figures, …
Following the waves of Minimalism and Conceptual art at the end of the 20th Century, Jean-Michel Basquiat stood out as a figurative …
Charismatic image aside, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a prodigious young talent, fusing drawing and painting with history and poetry to produce an unprecedented …
Synonymous with 1980s New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat first appeared in the late 1970s under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragmented …
Emerging within New York’s art scene at a time of low rents, artists squats, experimentation and 80s capitalist energy, Keith Haring and …
Michael Jerome Stewart was beaten to death following his arrest by New York City Transit Police for spray-painting graffiti on a New …
Following the waves of Minimalism and Conceptual art at the end of the 20th Century, Jean-Michel Basquiat stood out as a figurative …
Following the waves of Minimalism and Conceptual art at the end of the 20th Century, Jean-Michel Basquiat stood out as a figurative …
After arguing with his friend Al Diaz, Jean-Michel Basquiat declared the death of SAMO© and wrote “SAMO© IS DEAD” on almost every …
After arguing with his friend Al Diaz, Jean-Michel Basquiat declared the death of SAMO© and wrote “SAMO© IS DEAD” on almost every …
Already famous at the age of 20 for his groundbreaking drawings and paintings, Jean-Michel Basquiat took the New York art world by …
