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I have researched his art for over 25 years... Jean Michel Basquiat is the first afro-latino self-taught art star in the so-called outsider art movement. A high school drop-out turned a worldwide sensation is certainly an incredible phenomenon. He did what Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, and Wassily Kandinsky in emulating child-like art. In my opinion, he created a very unique urbanized language strictly his own... an original. Very few artists today can be that an original voice, Basquiat is that.
Therese wrong, he was a full Afro-latino, his Haitian/Puerto Rican roots are that... descendant from the Taino and Carib Indian tribes mixed with African and European bloodlines. Both Islands "La Isla Espanola" commonly know as the Dominican Republic/Haiti and Puerto Rico are the origins of both tribes I explained earlier. Those three countries are from my roots as well, as I am Afro-Latino by heritage.
To confirm read Frank Moya Pons's " The Dominican Republic, A National History " all your answers are there....all that other stuff you hear... well just propaganda that is politically fueled by modern society. The Taino and Carib indians dominated the west indian culture in that cluster of Islands.
OH JUST FUCKING STOP IT WITH YOUR FAWNING SHIT - THE ONLY PEOPLE WHHO TAKE THIS SHIT SERIOUSLY ARE OTHER WANKERS WHO WONT ADMIT THE EMPORER IS NAKED..COMPARING THIS SCRIBBLED CRAP WITH THE GENIOUS OF KANDINSKY IS ABSURED..EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR AN EGOTIST CIRTUE SIGNALLING BUT I JUST CALLED YOU ON IT...
Good knowledge brother he pretty much put graffiti on a spotlight and his unconventional art is what makes him so dope not like everyone else and the crown so sick
Fun fact The Weeknd was inspired by his hair style that's why through out some time he rocked the whole "Palm tree" look until late 2016 when he cut it off for the starboy cover of his album
@2:08 That is not Basquiat's mother. His father remarried and his biological mother whom Basquiat would visit frequently was admitted into a mental hospital. My art instructor in college made the mistake of saying his mother was white. I was quick to correct her. His mother is a black woman from Puerto Rico.
he was exploited ..for sure ..... there were /are other artists of color in soho at that time , but he fell in with the wrong crowd ... it becomes dangerous when the artist is worth more dead than alive ... thank God he left his best works with his sisters ....
His art is sensational, and has stood the test of time because you can see the pain that we all feel, in a perspective that captures his unique angle of sight. I looks like he is visiting a different dimension that we cant see but is definitely there.
he captured the zeitgeist of nyc. there was magic in the air, and despite the media's depiction of the city as sodom, it was never so vibrant and creative, and hasn't been since. i miss those days and now realize how special they were...jmb was a product of all that energy and was smart enough to tap into it...we lost him way to early, but then he wouldn't have been jmb if we didn't...
You could make an argument for Picasso, but I don’t really think you could for basquiat. Picasso created a modernist, more abstract movement that changed the art world as a whole. Basquiat was just riding the greater wave of the New York art scene of the 70s. While I like his art better, I don’t really think they can be compared on that level
HES NOT A FUCKING LEGEND - I AM SICK OF YOU FUCKERS AND YOUR VIERTUE SIGNALLING HORSESHIT - I KNOW AND YOU KNOW ITS SHIT SO FOR FUCK SAKE STOP PRETENDING THIS CRAP IS GREAT..
Shaun Clark, lol, why you so mad bro? Because he's black? Because his artwork sells in the millions? You pressed bro? Don't get mad, get Glad. With Glad plastic bags.
TRIPLE AAA It's scribbles and doodles shit. In the old days, when talent was a priority, no one would make 2 cents off this childish dribble. We are in a time of deception in many ways, where that which is bad, is now good. But the truth is never subjective- there is no beauty in ugliness, there is not talent in the talentless.
jnorth1000 I’m not saying that his art should be worth how much it is worth, but I still think it looks great. If people spend money on it then fair, that’s their choice to buy it. The stuff he did as well was quite original as no one had done some those concepts before and how he drew them, like the weird alien characters and the tall black figures. Some of the stuff he did took hours and hours to draw as sometimes he did use pencil and sketch. I can’t remember the name of it but one of them was extremely detailed it was really dope.
TRIPLE AAA That's cool. if you think it looks great that's cool. I prefer Realism and Impressionism, over Pop Art and the like. If you like it, that's good. I don't want to offend anyone. But others have a right to express their opinion about it, even if it goes against yours. I have better things to spend $110,000,000 on. If it's great to you, then that's great. When I look at it, I'm only impressed at how unimpressive it is. Musta took dude 10 minutes to do most of those paintings. Okay...maybe 15 minutes
jnorth1000 idk about the 10 minutes thing. the lady whos basement he worked out of said he would be down there like it was a 9-5. I do think people were over praising it to be unique and buy this “new style” because they knew they could flip it. People would buy his paintings for 2k and are now selling them for 110,000,000, thats art collectors for ya.
I have studied Basquiat for years. I have to admit, you did a fine job in this video in capturing interesting and disparate facts about him, plus the images are excellent. This is quality work.
ITS SHIT - ITS SCRIBBLES FROM A NO TALLENT WHO WANKERS WONT ADMIT IS SHIT - IS ALL EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES - WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO IMPRESS?? THEY KNOW ITS SHIT ..AND YOU SPENT YEARS ON THIS - ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??
god dammit it isn't, " pray for soup!!" it is, "pay for soup_ build a fort_set that on fire."... It was a play on a things to do list.. and it was brilliant in it's conceptualization...about being on the street, being poor on the street, he got soup on a loan and had to still pay for it... so get it right.. Basquiat was like carvaggio in that way he ran on the street
The part about him getting hit by a car while playing basketball is false. There is an interview with his sister who was there and she said he was hit running across the street. This video has quite a few inaccuracies.
EXACTLY He had been playing stickball and his sister called him in for supper..he ran between two other parked cars from one block and back into the street of the other where his house was when he got hit...
A true pioneer and game changer wonder who has his publishing and copyrights hope they are taking care of his family so many times they fuck over these icons and profit from their deaths without paying homage to their families. Saw the movie documentary just discovered this brother and I was amazed at his gift! Grew up in the same era but never heard of him until recently wow, he needs to be given the medal of freedom on his contribution to the world of the arts a genuis, they harp on Picasso, Andy Warhol,Michael Angelo and the likes of but he was right up there with them!
Newsflash: Basquiat sisters are having an Exhibition of some of his private writings, notebooks, some private things never seen. There's a video on line with them. I think the show is currently sold out.
Annina Nosei didn't offer Basquiat his first solo show. His first solo show was organized by Diego Cortez with Emilio Mazzoli in Modena, Italy in May 1981. Later that year, Basquiat joined Annina Nosei's gallery where he had his first American solo show in March 1982.
@mjGOAT lebronNOPE I mean he drew like that on purpose. There was a rhythm and a style. Some artists are great not cause they’re technically gifted but because they have a unique style.
He was 7-8 playing stick ball 🏀 his sister called him in for dinner and while running across the street he realized he forgot something and turned around ran back into the street and got hit by a car..
I wonder who ever tagged toy over the samo graffiti realized that that was done by one of the most significant artist of our time...toy is what you did to disrespect someone's illegal artwork in NYC #graffitiwars
His visual, sometimes verbal, expression of feelings people would rather conceal, fueling his painterly talent, may have contributed to his rapid rise to fame in the NY jungle.
Uno de los mejores sin duda.. Neo expresionismo, street art and expresionismo abstracto .. un niño brillante en su tiempo y en el ahora.. peace for you my people
I recall going to an exhibit of his back in the 80s and prior to going I wasn’t too impressed of his work however once I got there I was blown away by the sheer men’s size of the paintings that’s when I recognize their true power and authority. The exhibit stands out also because it was there that I met Bruce Springsteen! I even drew his caricature in an autographAnd I know at the time that it was brooms to pose for the picture! The curator told me later that it was brooms I was blown away
At 3:46 talking about the SAMO graffiti, it's talking about Al Diaz but showing a picture of Keith Haring. Everyone of these facts were from the Documentary " The Radiant Child" by Tamara Davis
@@sarahnicole45 I obviously said. That it's not "French" it's own Language. I know because my grandmother is Haitian. And I'm from Florida.. which has the largest Population of Haitian in the US.
Just got back from New York, Basquiat's influence has done wonders for the city, well, him and perhaps 911. It is incredible! Thank you Basquiat. No thank you 911
UpTheFuckingSoy Goyem all music began as banging sticks together friend. Incoherent means nothing in art. Giant Steps by John Coltrane changes keys almost every single measure, is that incoherent to you? Shakespeare made up words, was that incoherent? Art is conceptual, and I recommend that you realize this before you make a fool of yourself again.
what`s great about him is that he is avantgarde and commercial at the same time. The elite can buy his paintings for hundreds of millions, but we common people can by a pair of shoes with his design on. That is it`s not just " fine art", but also designs that can be used in the everyday life.
thanks Heaps, so nice to hear about The artist not the addiction, yes it may help to shape a person......... BUT it is not the person Thank you again :)
I've never been a fan of Basquiat's art but I find the artist himself, to be fascinating. I can't help but admire someone who was able to become famous and wealthy while creating such primitive artwork.
knew everything here... there is also a few great books out there. grey's full album is here on youtube,,, that band also had the guy who wrote Buffalo66.. that dude is from around where I was born..
My family introduced me to Basquiat last May at the Brant Gallery in NYC. Electrifying, indeed. Just saw the Warhol exhibit in Chicago.....boring until I saw the collaboration between the two.
Another fact check: legend of Jean Michel-basquiast's "production" of Beat Bop are by most accounts exaggerated. He was present and in the studio and did the cover art, correct. Rap master K-Rob who was the other emcee on the record with the great Rammellzee stated that Basquiat tried to hand them written lyrics which they both tossed aside in favor of them using their own improvised freestyle verse they created on the spot. This i know as true Hip Hop student & educator.
Brilliant a true pioneer well ahead of his time but look who he hung out with the master of them all . I love his music crossover & history an inspiration to Banksy too ?
what about the movie made about basquiat with a allstar cast...david bowie, dennis hopper and a list of other big name actors, it was a great movie for people to peek in the world of art..check it out.
I agree it's one of the better movies in the art world i personally found his story much more fascinating than his actual art. Although i do like some of his stuff. I find the relationship he had with warhol really interesting
His friendship with Warhol ended because Basquiat wasn't gay, and got weary of Warhol's insistence. Also the fame didn't thrill him as much as it did Warhol.
I never heard of Jean-Michel Basquit But I love his artwork 🇭🇹🇵🇷🇺🇸 I love Caribbean art , Black America, Afro-Latino, & African art. So I want to create my own Animation & Cartoons on canvas Besides me being an Mickey Mouse fan which I know how to draw because of MLK's I have a dream speech, & the late Jean-Michel Basquit I will create my own animation, & practice disney characters on canvas. Rest In Heaven Jean-Michel Basquit🇺🇸🇵🇷🇭🇹🙏
