Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Strange to think of Gordon Bennett as an almost classical figure in contemporary Australian art. After years of critiquing art-historical standards, Bennett has himself become the standard bearer. Six years after his death at the age of... more
"Paper published in the review Cercles number 15.
Art and spirituality, contemporaneous art"
Art and spirituality, contemporaneous art"
Jean-Michael Basquiat (1960-1988), artista cuya obra se vincula habitualmente al neoexpresionismo y el primitivismo, dejó un abundante legado pictórico pese a morir a los 27 años. Puede decirse que su trabajo y su breve carrera son... more
An analysis of the relation between irony, anatomical representation, and the anti-humanist poetics of black positionality in Basquiat's oeuvre.
The artistic interests and the careers of David Bowie and Andy Warhol crossed numerous times. This article sets David Bowie’s intersecting relationship across time and place with Warhol as the foundation upon which his performance as Andy... more
"In 2008, Cedar Lewisohn curated the first large-scale exhibition of street art at a major museum or gallery. 'Street Art: The Graffiti Revolution' (23 May - 25 Aug 2008) involved the exhibition of works by six international street... more
A herança artística de Jean Michel Basquiat continua a interrogar-nos desde os anos oitenta. Algo nos escapa sempre na nossa inquirição. Ela interroga-nos sobre a natureza fundamental de nossa humanidade enquanto corpo e pessoa e... more
A survey of the career and art of the American pop star Madonna and her relationship to the visual arts
If language is not pure signification, as Merleau-Ponty suggests, what is the contaminant? At Mid-Twentieth Century painters rejected babbling kitch in favor of existentially loaded gestures. A decade later, Conceptualism rejected such... more
At the dawn of the 21st century, street art seemed to have popped out of nowhere. Scholarship on the genre attempts to create a linear connection between urban graffiti in the 1970s and today’s street art, flitting through the 1980s and... more
La fortuna di Leonardo negli Stati Uniti, fino all'inizio degli anni Sessanta del secolo scorso, è stata legata a pochi e circoscritti episodi, il più eclatante dei quali fu certamente l'arrivo della Gioconda nel 1963. Tale fortuna era... more
A síntese do enredo deixa a impressão de um desenvolvimento cronológico da vida de Basquiat. O filme de Julian Schnabel, no entanto, é mais sutil: cria um retrato poético pela utilização de vários efeitos plásticos do meio... more
Can You Hear Me? Music Labels by Visual Artists is the first survey on the obscure and fascinating phenomenon of record labels founded and run by visual artists. It reflects on the way these extra-artistic activities contribute to... more
The aim of this article is to examine some of the poems collected in Kevin Young’s second published book of poetry, titled To Repel Ghosts, and to explore the ways in which these writings mirror the stylistics of pop art by employing... more
This study aims to delve into the differences between the presentation of dishes with an artistic outlook, and the presentation of the food as is, with specific reference to the images of the picturesque work by the sophisticated artist... more
Overview of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Art Basel 2010. Art Monthly Australia, December, 2010
When we reduce the complexity, thoughtfulness and brilliance of Jean Michel-Basquiat and his work to notions of childlike musing or primitive utterances, we miss invaluable opportunities to engage him in all of its fullness and complexity... more
Revised English version of the "Basquiat and the Bayou" catalogue essay, translated for Cahiers du MNAM Winter 2014/2015.
Die kommerzielle Methodik des kapitalistischen Kunstmarktes der 80er Jahre hat den damals stattfindenden Kunstboom zwar angeheizt, aber gleichermaßen die eigentliche Kunst dahinter und die schaffenden KünstlerInnen gelenkt. “The art... more
The British street artist Banksy has debuted a new work in London, this time to coincide with a Jean-Michel Basquiat retrospective at the Barbican Centre. Banksy’s mural depicts British police officers frisking and interrogating a figure... more
Bu calisma, Jean Michel Basquiat isimli cok yonlu bir sanatcinin gastronomi unsurlari iceren resimsel calismalarinin gorsellerinin kullanimi sayesinde gastronomide sanatsal bakis acisi ile yapilan yemek sunum islemi ve urunun oldugu gibi... more
Starting from the definition of a concept for “aesthetic ideas”, this paper studies a proposal by the African-American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) - expressed, in his keywords, in the strategy of “attacking the circuit of... more
The artistic interests and the careers of David Bowie and Andy Warhol crossed numerous times. This article sets David Bowie’s intersecting relationship across time and place with Warhol as the foundation upon which his performance as Andy... more
Essay discusses the work of American artist Rashid Johnson in relation to comparisons made to himself and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Posits the question of art and race insomuch the ways in which the Art Press can overlook socially qualified... more
[dalla prefazione di Irene Santori] …molly - alberto - attratti dal segnale nascosto: le prime tre sezioni di questa raccolta paiono già miniare qualcosa come una Visitazione. Poiché qui è questione di grembi che si toccano, di... more
Through the culturel history, meaning of art and art object have been queried and these researchs have emerged thesis and antithesis. Fundamentaly, this article aim to comparison interaction and/or conflict with mathematical rationalist... more
Starting from the definition of a concept for “aesthetic ideas”, this paper studies a proposal by the African-American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) - expressed, in his keywords, in the strategy of “attacking the circuit of... more
TEGUR SAPA Memasuki Juli 2021, situasi tidak juga kunjung membaik. Dengung ambulans semakin rutin menggema di jalan raya. Sementara di televisi, grup whatsapp, hingga sosial media, berita duka terus menggedor nurani kita dan tak jua... more
My current body of work, “The Joy of Exile: in three acts” is a continuing stream of exploration of the concept of literal and inner migrations. This is my MFA Thesis Collection created during my tenure at Boston University's College of... more
[Exhibition review] Jean-Michel Basquiat: New York City, 24 mar.-30 iul. 2017, Chiostro del Bramante, Roma, curator Gianni Mercurio
Katlardan birinde, siyah perdeyle kapalı bir bölümden güzel bir müzik sesi ve diyaloglar duyunca, içeriye bir bakmak istiyorum. Siyah perdeyi aralayıp içeriye girdiğimde salonun tamamen dolu olduğunu ve herkesin pür dikkat, hiç ses... more
Before his death at the age of twenty-seven, Jean-Michel Basquiat completed nearly 2,000 works. These unique compositions—collages of text and gestural painting across a variety of media—quickly made Basquiat one of the most important and... more