I wish he could have been interviewed by someone from his own background. Someone that saw themselves in him and was really happy for him. This is probably very reflective of how disconnected he felt from the art world, and of many interactions he had with people who felt he didn't belong. The interviewer sounds condescending and like it is killing her to talk to him. No laughing no smiling. He had a tough time. The higher he climbed, the less he was surrounded by real and warm people, and of course the drugs didn't help. These people are asking questions that a 3rd grader could have written and I'm glad he called it out near the end of the interview lol. No effort at all. I was excited to watch this but it's just another sad and droopy interview by a wack interviewer.
This is equally as valuable imo as he is being pushed, he’s searching for a way to translate his thoughts. It’s another perspective on him, which I’m grateful for.
Its great to see him speak although, the questions were a bit leading... "like answer what i want" I think he was more futuristic than they had on some level And it was sad to be so alone in a yt world. Love peace and hairgrease 🤟🏽
He’s so present and real. It feels more robotic and like they are studying him not having an actual conversation or sincere interest. I like how he pauses to try and feel with the very dull interviewer.
@@jonesfredrick94 stop gaslighting. He was mentally unstable and had serious problems , wrong bunch caught him and spun him into their web, fed him drugs and let him wither. You think Warhol was a good person? Or any of the artists at the time? They all created monopoly of who does what if you are part of their circle.
At this point in history, JMB was still not considered a “serious” artist , so he was constantly having to defend himself , and this interviewer is an example of this .
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so paintful to watch... like interrogation or psychiatric examination
Naw, by 86 he was already wealthy from his art. Money talks. Despite the condescending interviewers he spoke to, the art world valued his work, even while he was alive.
@@Nutshirtwhen you put it into perspective and call it a timeline it really makes me appreciate life and how far we have come as a society but also scares me because of how truly behind we also are in a very grim perspective of the streets in any city… this man was a super hero before and after his death. He gave people who live in those streets a face and also a voice especially because he was very interesting and intelligent but mostly I appreciate your comment for putting the word “timeline” in your sentence it really takes me to a place in my mind where I feel like I was in the same room as him hearing all his thoughts at this very moment watching the video … I know you were talking about nard but I totally felt what you said especially seeing all of Basquiats emotionless responses… he was so over it and kept it professional and short
I love that he takes his time with his responses and when I say “Time” I do mean “time” a patient man is a very dangerous man and he has a very intelligent dangerous aura about him but also a very sweet and childlike aura to coexist all at once in one emotion. It’s truly amazing to see this video and watch him just be who he is .
I'm watching just because of him, the interviewer's questions seem to be so simple and default, I mean, I don't think she did a research about him before. But anyway, it's always great to see 'new' footage of the personalities we like, and this the real value of this interview.
The questions are actually probing through their generality. Basquiat is smug pretension "Do you think it's possible to bluff in painting?...are you happy?...what is it you're happy about and what would you like to change?" She's calling him out, he answers that he's self-absorbed
| i read this interview in a completely different way than you - i perceived him choosing his words with much more attention and care then we're used to experiencing - most of us aren't present and therefore our words have lessened power where as here i feel a mountain of intent between his words |
@@misterbaseball5494 Basquiat did exactly what he was supposed to do. Pity you are so ignorant as to be limited by his use of “drugs”. The best artists and musicians give us the goods because they push their minds. I’m glad you don’t like him. I’m glad I’m nothing like you.
"could you imagine yourself painting every single minute of life. every single moment." this is so sad to me. what little we have to see of him and this is what we got :/
He is so sweet for continuing the interview. I would have called it off after the first couple of questions. The interviewer has no interest or appreciation for his art.
He takes himself too seriously i can cite u 10 painters better then him from the top of my head and i like his art but he is pompous just like andy warhol
He was what 26, 27. A kid at that time, on heroin and depressed. Not to ask, in stepping on the shoes of a genious, a natural, but he sounds over his head as any human with such an enormous recognition could feel. Anxious, estranged.
@@bozuteru2160 I do have many friends. Was this supposed to be an insult or a compliment? I'm confused. Do you even know what angle you were going for?
What an interesting interview, its says so much while so little is said. It is beautiful that he answers the questions as generally as they are asked. If only she had asked well sought out questions instead. It is like she has not interest in art or who she is interviewing, it is too bad because he shared so much to the world of art. He deserved better than this
So what questions should she have asked? Genuinely curious because he could have elaborated on some of the questions she asked but he really didn't. What else could she have done differently?
@@SaffariRose In the beginning, her questions were all yes or no (close ended) questions. Open ended questions would have served her better. He actually flipped the script on her at one point and pushed back an open ended question.
@@JackANDJude I mean, not every interviewer jumps in to in-depth matters right off the bat. Even with political figures, there's always a warm up stage. Besides some of the in-depth questions she eventually asked still led to dead-end answers from him and at the end, he declared how difficult he found interviews. I don't know what else she could have done better if he was clearly unwilling to go back forth with her.
nah you're right these questions were so bad, nothing about who he is just about what does which I'm sure the average person he bumped into asked him on a regular
this 1986 towards the end. Its not the drugs, he was just apprehensive about the media in general and how he was being perceived and misquoted. He got a lot of negative press his whole career. Plus the question just sucked.
Based on his hair this actually looks to be in early 1986. He had been on drugs for years by this point. Madonna broke up with him because of his heroin addiction. Another girlfriend, Jennifer Goode, got herself and Basquiat into a methadone program in late 1986. He only lasted a few weeks so she broke up with him. This interviewer isn't asking very good questions but Basquiat also isn't being very receptive. The long pauses and vacant stares indicate that he's under the influence. If not heroin then at least marijuana.
@@bluesugar58He seems pretty lucid and awake here, hes not slurring words or anything. Just low energy and looks as if he doesnt want to do the interview. He seems more sad and depressed mood wise than high.
These aren't the answers of a person under the influence of an opiate. If he is answering under heavy opiate sedation, his answers do not seem influenced by the drug. He seems to be genuinely thoughtful, guarded, and bored. He is not enthralled by the interviewer or her questions and this is evident in his non-committal and short answers. He never takes long pauses in the midst of a slow answer to ask the interviewer what the question was. He doesn't nod out or appear to be on the verge of a nod during the interview. He doesn't mumble. These are all signs of being heavily opiated. I think he is simply guarded, bored, and slightly annoyed by the questions. The interviewer also does not seem particularly invested in the questions or the answers he furnishes.
Most artists don't really like having to talk about their work, inspiration or explain their process. I believe it is similar to the 'camera stealing your soul' idea. If you express yourself creatively, that's your message to the world.
@@truthhurts79 they really don't David Lynch doesn't like talking about his movies, and many artists rather not, it's like creating diarrhea all over it. Art is an expression of soul. So this comment doesn't make much sense.
@@kevinmyrick218 you're talking about a minority... Social media platforms, magazines and videos would be out of business if artists didn't like interviews... All of those media outlets I mentioned thrive with artists interviews
"do you feel comfortable with people?" God damn..... What an awful, closed question which will not elucidate anything about the art or the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat. This is difficult to watch. That being said, I would rather see a rough interview of him than none at all
@user-ex8xf9fr7ubro look up how long people have been "confused" about their gender lol there's evidence from around 2000 BCE of gender neutral folks and native Americans had/have like 5 genders. I don't want a flame war just use Google
First job of an interviewer is to make the subject feel comfortable while still off-camera. Secondly, her questions are either banal or manipulative. JMB gives her least amount of attention and respect possible without actually just walking off.
Very interesting interview. He reminds me of Bob Dylan in the film "Don't Look Back." Neither Dylan nor Basquiat were willing to go along with cliches or be baited into something or questions that aren't very thoughtful. I actually like this interview a lot. Basquiat stands his ground quite well. It shows off his top-notch intellect.
He was pretty sad here if you ask me. He was making @ $50,000 a painting and still the media and society didn't treat him like a successful artist. His friendship with Warhol overshadowed a lot too which made him kind of angry since they were really close and most judged Warhol by the way he looked. The woman interviewing him was asking dumb questions too. Basquiat deserved accolades because he was a genius in so many ways! He spoke 3 languages and his art was unique. He was treated like he worked at K-Mart. So sad!!!! I wished he was alive today!!!!!
Look how seedy Great Jones Street was looking back in 1986. It crazy to think Angelina Jolie has turned Jean-Michel Basquiat's studio into a boutique where expresso is served.
@@jmapa998 Did she use the Japanese restaurant for marketing purposes? All the articles relating to the boutique focus on it being Basquiat's old home/studio. They even whitewashed the authentic graffiti that people left in homage to Basquiat and painted faux graffiti on the facade of the building. Basquiat is the selling point not the former restaurant.
I don’t think he liked being interviewed. Why should he? His art speaks for itself. I suppose only narcissists like to explain their art or themselves. RIP JMB ❤
“Do you wish you have feet or do you wish you didnt have feet” XD “How do you move without a head?” HAHAHA golden - the man stays very polite tbh boredom is palpable
The questions aren’t that bad- they are open ended enough to yield all sorts of answers if he were in the mood to answer. His stance is resistant here, much more than in other interviews. Sometimes we aren’t in the mood- that doesn’t make the interviewer “idiotic” like some are saying.
Ignorant. The problem is that they are not open ended. This was addressed several times throughout the interview verbally. The lack of respect is palpable, both in this interview and your comment. Literally the only question that piqued his interest is when the interviewer asked "what are you working on". This was clearly a pointed interview, it was addressed *SEVERAL* times.
As a psychologist , I can tell you that this boy had so many problems on so many levels , drugs didn't help obviously, but treatment would.. Unfortunately , the art world fears sanity as a some sort of killer of inspiration and imagination..
This is not an interview, but a hunting. Instead of trying to create some empathy with him, so to make him feel comfortable and elaborate, she is purposely keeping these straight and flat attitude and questions, stalking instead of interviewing. Actually she got what she actually wanted (like so many of the media people who made him interviews): making him uncomfortable, non responsive and annoyed...so she can go saying "hey, look how crazy and disgusting this famous artist is". He knew that, he already had too many of these experiences with media. The worst of this whole thing is that humanity lost the precious opportunity of having some precious moments of his true deep thoughts recorded, and I don't mean this specific interview, but in general.
Basquiat was rebellious here and playing a “mind game” with the interviewer, you can tell he was trying hard not to laugh. Half way through he got bored. This was typical of the 80’s scene. Such a great artist, from my city and my time.
painful to watch this… such a beautiful person. It’s hard not to say something negative about the interviewer, but there are a zillion people just like her all over the f*kin world
@@HypnoticHollywood probably that the 10K artists featured in the prominent museums are mostly male and mostly white. The point being that women and artists of color are underrepresented in prominent museums. The comment sort of seems left field on this specific video, but it is a subject that JMB talked and painted about a lot.
That's because most people who made art were male and white. You can use data to express reality or to construct a victimistic and opportunistic rhetoric. It's like back in the days not a single girl I knew wanted to make music nor were interested at all about making music. You can use that fact to express that fact, or you can use that fact to construct a huge conspiracy theory of how males sneakily forced girls to not being interested in making music. Actually the very few girls who made music back in those days where usually well treated and recognised. And another fact: most of artists don't get recognition, most male artists in the past were ignored, just some few succeeded. But the current ideological rhetorics only focus on ignored women, so to build the fake victimistic and ideological rhetorics in which we are living.
He said something like "You're asking me strange questions, like 'Are you glad you have feet, or do you wish you didn't have feet?' Or 'How would live if you didn't have a head? ' They're very strange." Hahaha.
He’s right though. That interviewer is like a child asking a stranger “what’s your favorite color?” with about the same enthusiasm. I mean, she got to spend 15 minutes with one of the biggest rising stars in the art world, and instead of taking an interest, she rattled off meaningless questions.
In his Eyes. You can can see what I call Industry abuse. Almost each interview of him I have seen do far was asking off set questions that would be considered disrespectful today...
I think he was warned by some evil handler behind the scenes to be careful what he says. IDC what anyone says he looks traumatized looks like another victim of the industry! Traumatized showing his pain through his paintings! I wouldn't be surprised if the same evil ppl that started being around him were the same ones who probably drugged him to death!
He is so disconnected from this interviewer. He was a genius with his gift of Art ,and it's clear he needs a relatable interviewer from his culture to understand his struggles and his success as an artist. He is like, okay, bye lady . I am not stupid, so stop asking stupid questions. You don't understand and I won't answer because it doesn't fit my life .😢💙 Her questions are ridiculous like he pointed out and he doesn't feel comfortable . This is so frustrating for him and to watch . 😢 RIP 💙💔
It’s very clear that there was an energy in that room, very low vibrational (dark). That’s why they made the screen smaller and then big again, the hat on the table is not the same hat after they made the screen bigger again.
dark and unforgiven are the eyes that see the spiritual world where it lies not, repent and seek before you’re sucked into a world of your own invention
I can tell he had serious mental issues in this interview but was very intelligent as well. He thought before he spoke but I can tell he resented this woman for some odd reason. Asking bird brain questions should not be enough to set a normal
Maybe the fact that she asked him who decides what he paints very early on in the interview. Highly offensive to suggest an artists expression is decided by his agent.
this is in hindsight ofcourse, but yeah asking these 'closed' questions with yes or no answers is a shame given there is not another interview over 5 minutes with of one of the greatest and most impactful painters of modern art; Basquiat
Awful stupid base questions I mean who is this person? Why would she even ask these types of questions of the established artist which Basquiat is at this point
What are you talking about, she was asking questions that any artist would be interested in answering. What is the state of the art market? That is the one single question that we’re all asking and talking about now. Somehow then it was not interesting but now it is? When she asked for example, would you see yourself living in another city, it is extremely interesting, what if he answered yes, Berlin because people get to do whatever they want there or what if he said Jamaica because then I will look like everybody else and my work would be understood? On the contrary, there were only reason why these questions seem terrible to you is because his answers are inane. He decides disrespectfully that he won’t answer anything that is useful to anybody who is listening, including the interviewer. I was so happy to see that this interview got uploaded and I am aghast and so should you at the quality of his answers. It’s not the questions that are the problem, but his attitude and his lack of engagement. Jaded, bored, uninterested, childish.
@@Alpha-Andromeda her questions and heard that she knew little about him and I’m not saying that she shouldn’t try to get the insight track for people, but it looks like she did little or no research had no idea what his position was in the industry, had no reference there was no respect on her side if anything she just kept on asking him questions that were dead end yes or no questions and had no relation to the prior questions that she had asked just pretty random and if you don’t see that then I’m not sure what you’re looking at. I have worked in both the art world and journalism, and there needs to be respect on both sides. I’m not saying he handled it perfectly well, but he was upset and an interviewer should be sensitive to this and adapt to who she is interviewing this not the other way around
He seems like a very tough interview. I dint thinknthe interviewer was terrible as others say. I just feel he's extremely limited in his answers and not interested in being there
I can't believe how bad these questions were. I wonder what the background was of the interviewer. Such a missed opportunity. I could see the wheels turning in his mind and wanted to step into the room and ask him what he's thinking. Watching this is frustrating, like standing in front of a treasure trove and having no key to unlock it. Even from this bad interview you can tell that he's a gentle, sensitive soul who thinks and feels deeply about life and art. If only she had asked him questions that allowed him to express his true self.
The 1st question just kills me ( as an artist you have the freedom of doing whatever you gotta do in that canvas all the time even when someone ask you to paint or draw a particular request) you the artist ., your way of seen anything that goes on the canvas is your freedom of expression and nobody also !!!!!!! End of the story!!!!
Genial. Grande gênio JMB. sabe de uma coisa? acho que as entrevistas deviam ser ao contrário. O entrevistado devia começar perguntando ao entrevistador e depois de acordo como a plataforma ou nível de conversação, o entrevistador, de acordo com sua capacidade e inteligência, retomaria a entrevista. Isso seria maravilhoso e evitaria esse monte de perguntas idiotas e sem sentido. Genius. Great genius JMB. You know what? I think interviews should be the other way around. The interviewee should start by asking the interviewer and then depending on the platform or level of conversation, the interviewer, according to his ability and intelligence, would resume the interview. That would be wonderful and would avoid a lot of stupid and meaningless questions
