Basquiat Art Rockstar MAIR37
08/13/19 • 36 min
In this we episode talk about the Neo Expressionist and Titan of Painting Basquiat.
Early years
Born 1960 his dad was Haitian and an accountant and mother Puerto Rican. He loved drawing, his mother encouraged his drawing and his mother took him often took him to visit museums
In 1968 Basquiat was hit by a car and was hospitalised for a month, his mother gave him a copy of Grays Anatomy to read in hospital.
His parents split and he went to live with his father in Puerto Rican. His father was tough and Basquiat and his father would clash, Basquiat did not like to be disciplined or told what to do
Basquiat ran away a few times. In 1978 he left home, his father gave him some money in the hope he would make a success of his life.
He had a romantic view of fame in some he loved stars like Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin. He himself wanted to be famous
To make ends meet he would sell postcards collages and drawings using xerox photocopies. This was the first time he met Andy Warhol, he saw him in a restaurant and Warhol bought some
Samo
Around May 1978. Basquiat and a friend Al Diaz started writing soundbites and humorous phrases around New York. Many of them challenged the Art establishment. They signed the works with the signature SAMO ©. SAMO stood for the “Same old Sh*t”
Examples included: “Origin of Cotton” or “SAMO as an end to playing art.
Samo became the talk of the new york art scene. Basquiat always wanting to be famous, 6 months later announced that he was Samo in the Village Voice, which was a New York creative arts magazine. After this announcement, the words “Samo is dead” appeared around New York.
Becoming Famous
In 1979 he and friends form a band called grey an experimental band making noise music.
You can hear the music of Gray below
In 1980 Basquiat work was shown as part of a group show called the “Times Square Show”, his work was very popular.
Early in 1981, Basquiat was given the opportunity to take part in a majorly important show at the PS1 gallery Called New York/New Wave. This launched his career. He was offered and did many one-man shows from then on.
Warhol
In 1982 Basquiat was introduced to his idol, Andy Warhol. This deep friendship was often criticised by outsiders, Basquiat was accused of trying to latch onto Warhol’s fame and Andy Warhol (now less in favour) of trying to latch onto Basquiat’s street credibility. They went on to have a show together, the critics panned it. Disappointed Basquiat drifted apart from Warhol. In 1987 Warhol died during an operation in hospital
The End
Throughout his adult life, Basquiat had used drugs, in particular, Heroin. Devastated at the death of his estranged friend, his usage increased. On the 12th of August 1988, Basquiat died aged 27 from an accidental Heroin overdose.
1985 Basquiat Interview Basquiat Works we talk about
Ten Punching Bags (Last Supper)- 1985-1986 – Andy Warhol & Jean-Michael Basquiat
Horn Players – 1983 – acrylic and oil stick on canvas
Detail showing “King Zulu”
Leonardo da Vinci’s Greatest Hits – 1982
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In this we episode talk about the Neo Expressionist and Titan of Painting Basquiat.
Early years
Born 1960 his dad was Haitian and an accountant and mother Puerto Rican. He loved drawing, his mother encouraged his drawing and his mother took him often took him to visit museums
In 1968 Basquiat was hit by a car and was hospitalised for a month, his mother gave him a copy of Grays Anatomy to read in hospital.
His parents split and he went to live with his father in Puerto Rican. His father was tough and Basquiat and his father would clash, Basquiat did not like to be disciplined or told what to do
Basquiat ran away a few times. In 1978 he left home, his father gave him some money in the hope he would make a success of his life.
He had a romantic view of fame in some he loved stars like Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin. He himself wanted to be famous
To make ends meet he would sell postcards collages and drawings using xerox photocopies. This was the first time he met Andy Warhol, he saw him in a restaurant and Warhol bought some
Samo
Around May 1978. Basquiat and a friend Al Diaz started writing soundbites and humorous phrases around New York. Many of them challenged the Art establishment. They signed the works with the signature SAMO ©. SAMO stood for the “Same old Sh*t”
Examples included: “Origin of Cotton” or “SAMO as an end to playing art.
Samo became the talk of the new york art scene. Basquiat always wanting to be famous, 6 months later announced that he was Samo in the Village Voice, which was a New York creative arts magazine. After this announcement, the words “Samo is dead” appeared around New York.
Becoming Famous
In 1979 he and friends form a band called grey an experimental band making noise music.
You can hear the music of Gray below
In 1980 Basquiat work was shown as part of a group show called the “Times Square Show”, his work was very popular.
Early in 1981, Basquiat was given the opportunity to take part in a majorly important show at the PS1 gallery Called New York/New Wave. This launched his career. He was offered and did many one-man shows from then on.
Warhol
In 1982 Basquiat was introduced to his idol, Andy Warhol. This deep friendship was often criticised by outsiders, Basquiat was accused of trying to latch onto Warhol’s fame and Andy Warhol (now less in favour) of trying to latch onto Basquiat’s street credibility. They went on to have a show together, the critics panned it. Disappointed Basquiat drifted apart from Warhol. In 1987 Warhol died during an operation in hospital
The End
Throughout his adult life, Basquiat had used drugs, in particular, Heroin. Devastated at the death of his estranged friend, his usage increased. On the 12th of August 1988, Basquiat died aged 27 from an accidental Heroin overdose.
1985 Basquiat Interview Basquiat Works we talk about
Ten Punching Bags (Last Supper)- 1985-1986 – Andy Warhol & Jean-Michael Basquiat
Horn Players – 1983 – acrylic and oil stick on canvas
Detail showing “King Zulu”
Leonardo da Vinci’s Greatest Hits – 1982
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Art News Asphalt Accidents & Italian Art First MAIR36
Art News Asphalt Accidents & Italian Art First MAIR36
In this short holiday episode we bring you 2 stories, one involving an Asphalt art Accident, and another about a curator who wants to set up his own satirical Art party!
Asphalt Art Accident
Image from Stefagraffia on Instagram
In Yekaterinburg, Russia, a major piece of street art has been partially covered by asphalt not long after it was completed. The work is a giant white and black cross on a red background. The main white centre of the cross is comprised of quotes in calligraphy by the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich.
The 6686 sq meter work took 20 volunteers 3 days to complete. A few days after it’s completion, a group of roadworkers turned up to repair the crossing covered by the graffiti. It perhaps did not occur to them that the work was meant to be there, and proceeded to pour asphalt onto the work. Eventually, the authorities stepped in to prevent any further damage. Luckily the area of damage was only about 10 – 15 square meters. There appears to have been some breakdown in communication, However, the mayor’s office blamed the careless workers for the mistake. The work will be restored.
Italian Art First
In response to the rise of the far-right parties in Italy, Francesco Bonami who is a curator. Has formed a tongue in cheek Italian “Art First Party”. The party is called Exageramos
Bonami was thinking about what would happen if the art world “What if the art world starts to go bonkers?” In the same way that politicians like Trump and Salvani have been so successful because as he explained have “because they have no shame” and just “bullshit or exaggerate.” His videos for EXAGERAMOS! Art party are on Instagram
It has the Slogan “Italian Art First”
Policies include: Activites include travelling around the country to look for illegal foreign sculpture remove them, catch the artists to sue them and put them in jail. It will be forbidden to say any major Italian art such as Georgio Marandi is boring
“Curators, global and multi-cultured: the party is finished,” Bonami said in a video posted this week.
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Bonami (@thebonamist) on Jul 16, 2019 at 1:15am PDT
Another law he proposes affects the Italian Art Bienalle. He states ” I’m going to sign a decree that won’t allow anybody to use the name ‘biennale’ outside Venice.” All the international exhibitors will be made to pay back rent to Italy for use of the pavilions since 1895. “We are not a holiday place. The biennale is not a place where you just go and take your room,” he says.
Another law he will only allow Italian artists to participate in the Bienalle. He “will forbid all the garbage contemporary art in galleries and museums.” “We will put in nice little boxes all the shitty art that comes from abroad and we send it back to their country,” This does appear to be undertaken as a bit of fun.
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Bar Bought Rembrandt & Cuban Artist Arrest MAIR38
Bar Bought Rembrandt & Cuban Artist Arrest MAIR38
We bring you 2 art stories, one featuring a Mystery Rembrandt and one is about a Flagrant Flag Flouting Artwork
Cuban Artist Arrest
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has been arrested because of a performance with a Cuban flag,
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
When he was arrested the artist had draped a Cuban flag over his shoulders as part of a thirty-day performance, titled Drapeau. This was a protest against a law passed this year designed to regulate how national symbols should be shown. The law states that people are not allowed to combine the flag with other symbols, to alter it at all, use the flag in commerce or wear it. There is now a movement #LaBanderaEsDeTodos (The flag belongs to all) People post pictures of themselves with the flag online as a protest
The is a founder and part of the Museum of Dissidence. The Cuban state has many restrictive laws on speech, assembly and freedom of the press. Set up in 2016, the museum of Dissidence is a project that brings together people from Cuba and outside Cuba online. It specialises in public art projects and installations, these tend to be in the poorer districts of Havana. It seeks to become a cultural movement that contributes to bringing about a democratic change in the country.
Artwork
Cuba is full of graffiti of revolutionary figures such as Castro and Che Guevara, the “Museum” created murals depicting strange figures and faces some without mouths in reference to the restriction of free speech. In one work they staged a fake hanging of an artist outside a building the work was entitled another poet commits suicide, to reflect the many Cuban writers and artists that have committed suicide
Bar Bought Rembrandt
A painting bought for 500 Euros ($560) may be by Rembrandt which could raise about 30 million Euros
The painting is of Ecce Homo which translates to mean “behold the man”. It depicts the moment when Pontious Pilot presents Jesus in his crown of thorns after he has been flogged, this is just before he is due to be crucified.
Ecce Homo
Apparently, a Belgium businessman who is only known as MR Jo 10 years ago was in a bar in liege. Whilst there he got chatting to a stranger who was going through hard times. To help the stranger out Mr Jo agreed to buy a mystery old painting. For a few years, it just hung in his home, until a friend suggested that he get it looked at by an art expert. According to a member of the Belgian Chamber of Art Experts, the work was an exceptional example of a painting by the Dutch master Rembrandt and could be worth millions. However, an anonymous expert has dismissed it a being a fake. Using dendrochronology, the wood used to support the canvas was dated as being between 1676 and 1699, which is after Rembrandt’s death. This, however, is not conclusive proof of it being a fake. Many painters around the time bought canvas loose and used a larger strainer, whilst they paint the work. It is possible that the painting was attached to a newer support at a later date.
17th Century strainer being used
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