JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT at the BROAD MUSEUM

James Kalm is, to quote Jerry Saltz “walking not talking”, or perhaps more precisely, inviting viewers to accompany him for a quiet stroll and close viewing of “Jean-Michel Basquiat” at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles. This display is an enhanced version including rarely seen pieces from the deep collection, rehung for the reopening of the Broad after the Covid-19 lockdown.
During his tragically short career in the Downtown Manhattan art scene of the 1980s, Basquiat produced hundreds of paintings and drawings that are at once spontaneous as a jazz riff, yet embodied with a sharp-eyed critique and satire that is profoundly cerebral. This selection presents examples from major periods of the artist’s work. This program was recorded July 2, 2021. #jameskalmroughcut #lorenmunk #kalmsees

[@TomZatarKay]

When I first met Samo he was very young and homeless, Lower East Side Artist. I recall smoking joints, followed by a very deep conversations in my parked car and me saying to him, "You are sure to hit it big!" I whispered that into his ear when we hugged at his big show at the Whitney Biennial. At the start, It was obvious to everyone he had the magic. That dude really worked it hard, Constantly Creating Original Art. He was a very possessed, Artist Exploding... When we first met he was painting T-shirts, selling them on the street, then SNAP Whitney show and then a big loft in the heart of SoHo. The last time the two of us hung out togeather was in his BIG loft - LOTS OF ART EVERYWHERE and many Talked for hours about poetry-art-the sounds of letters. The last thing I said to Samo as I was leaving his loft was, "Dude, I lov U He smiled.

[@JeraldMYates]

How does one say well said. By far the greatest presentation of his paintings i have seen via cameras. ThankYou, James, forever !

[@deelot1]

Thank you so much. Basquiat is one of my favourites. I appreciate the silent walk through as I feel his paintings speak enough so much for themselves.

[@JeraldMYates]

Brilliant presentation.

[@helensyron6744]

Just what I needed - some Basquiat❤️. Thanks so much.

[@raysville7256]

Bravo! Great that you held on the paintings and offered extreme close-ups delivering a true and thorough walk-through.

[@jordaneffinger2104]

This is my favorite Basquiat museum video solely for the lack of talking and the way the camera shows how you're looking over and through the pieces.

[@rongeladoles1525]

BASQUIAT IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE TO NO LIMITS WHEN IT COMES TO ART!! FREE YOUR MIND AND PUT WHATEVER'S ON YOUR MIND DOWN ON PAPER!!! 🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨

[@arazunzun]

Merci pour vos reportages -tous merveilleux, incomparables-, et celui-ci en particulier. On a l'impression de visiter les expositions en votre compagnie, en suivant votre regard. Que de découvertes grâce à vous !! Congrats from Paris.

[@aaronj7081]

love that camera zoom sound

[@barbarasenglaub1655]

Thank you James and Kate for the opportunity to quietly reflect on this incredible work.

[@GreybeardtheSurvivor]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I REALLY appreciated the carefully detailed examinations of each piece at a snail's pace. I'm gonna watch this one over and over. Thank you, James. Thank you, Kate. ...and thank you, Jerry?

[@darionirwin4138]

Heroic close-ups

[@plastictube1]

Loved the close ups!!!!!

[@vincentbasquiat2501]

History will remember The great JMB as one the greatest artists of the twentieth century.He continues to speak for a generation of people.I miss him dearly.

[@holadonkey]

Basquiat is on the same as Matisse , Picasso , Van Gogh and Rothko . a true genius . James knows there is no need for words .

[@henrybogle8437]

Picasso??

[@santiagobiscontin2974]

Dont drop rndom wordS nd artist.like u told us Silence is gold

[@casteretpollux]

All of those were direct influences whose paintings he studied in the museums but looking at this show Picasso and Matisse kept coming to mind.

[@martinhasson4942]

Lol.

[@casteretpollux]

@@martinhasson4942 I'm guessing that people who laugh at this have never in any serious way looked at Picasso. And of course in his day people laughed at Picasso.

[@thehues828]

Nice! I got excited for a second that his exhibit was back in NY. I saw it in 2018 at the Brant Foundation. I tried to capture as much as I could. I like how you spent time with the pieces!♥️

[@jaydubya3698]

JMB never ceases to amaze me. It's like the guy would just open his skull and let whatever random thoughts/color combos/emotions fly out and hit the canvas or door or wall or refrigerator or whatever was in front of him. And the most amazing thing is...IT WORKS!!!! How is it possible to ride a wild, mean, biting, bucking mustang for more than thirty seconds and live to tell the tail? I mean...ASBESTOS next to Samson....WTF????? Thanks for this as always. Hope you enjoyed your trip to the Left Coast.

[@jameskalmroughcut]

Yes @jay dubya the visit to Cali was long over due. Kate and I got to hang out with the boys...nutin' better than that...

[@jaydubya3698]

@@jameskalmroughcut Good times!!!

[@ezzovonachalm9815]

Jean Michel Basquiat un peintre ne sachant pas peindre qui a un succès croissant auprès des amateurs qui ne savent pad peindre mais parviennent à pastrugner une toile comme lui .

[@ezzovonachalm9815]

Y devrait faire un video : comment barbouiller une toile en 5 minutes !

[@bengarzastudios]

Man this was an excellent video. Thanks so much for posting! Oh and getting up close to the works🤘🏼

[@Billart]

Truly great unexpected exploration Loren - great job - so many I'd never seen before. The slow moving revealing details especially invaluable for me providing new insights. I knew Jean-Michel way back & attended several of his early openings in SoHo including Mary Boone & the collaboration one with Andy at Shafrazi., etc. I did my own 30 min cable TV play largely about him in 1996 then shown dozens of times on MNN with a very savvy black art critic playing him - & now on Vimeo still gathering new audiences. ( Bill Rabinovitch Vs Julian Schnabel ).

[@lisagarrett4973]

Thank you

[@Bob-di8cz]

Thank you.

[@oceanrock733]

Mucha Gracias. There is also a Basquiat exhibit at the MFA Boston until July 25th.

[@rogerg.2686]

Fantastic up close viewing of his paintings. Thank you.

[@AX1A]

. This is a dream come true to see this work so precisely. Thank you

[@enstigatorofficial]

The frying pan with the eggs in it seems to me to be a reference to a popular commercial at that time "this is your brain on drugs" as the top of the character's head is missing.

[@TobermoryCat]

Prefer walking and talking but nice to see. Kate and James, thanks.

[@RonaldGosses]

WOW ! This was GREAT.

[@alphajava761]

I'm hour from The Broad, if the show is still up I'm going. It's Basquiat after all. Wow. Cool.

[@MynameisNOTthepoint]

Absolutely amazing footage✨

[@nonel4515]

Thanks Kalm!

[@holdmyhand9573]

Im left speechless too. Great stuff!!! James, your a master with the camera too. Thank you Kate, and James. You two made it possible.

[@DodoToutDoux]

Exagère pas quand même, lol.

[@alphajava761]

I love da Vinci's dissection of the human body influence on Basquiat.

[@maruzanporto79]

Gratidão, bela apresentação do artista de expressão única.

[@ilfriddorval4600]

Magnifique on voit très bien les détailles des œuvres, merci.

[@0Kyren]

and beautiful

[@frcscrts6617]

Liked the quiet stroll for a change, OWEN - VVI also does quiet art strolls that I enjoy too, his are completely anonymous. I like when you give us anecdotes but dislike the sometimes "platitudes", which are inevitable! One word you won't pronounce is one word that won't be held against you! Keep on talking James, I prefer platitudes to muteness!

[@aka4god]

thank you, every well made video capturing details of some of his work. I need to them in person, but this was great

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Thank you Kate.

[@vijaykantcollection1664]

James I have subscribed your channel long befor COVID 19. I love your raw videos without any unnecessary make ups. Best wishes dear

[@tonsfocus]

That Jerry is a bad influence! Really missed the usual warmth of your dialog. Great, great show, nonetheless! Much thanks, James, and Kate.

[@alexrose9487]

necrophilia by the the $$$ great art & great video James & Kate but necrophilia every udder day

[@jeffroysdon]

I'm glad it's not every time, but god dammit you took away my ears forcing my eyes to compensate and I'm better for it. I did have some anxiety upon realizing i would never know which one of these paintings was the biggest. Never is a long time, James.

[@0Kyren]

this let you into his mind that what art is expressing of the soul

[@moonpeach4684]

thx👍

[@miriamalbaromano7938]

Genio !

[@jazw4649]

Great exhibit

[@GVSHvids]

He allowed himself so much feedom to be inspired by anything and everything

[@lieschenart]

( ) ... & as always thx u k8!

[@0Kyren]

a man that needed to express how he feel how he think how he see life this is deep very deep

[@reefk8876]

Nice! I went and noticed more people looking at each other and taking selfies rather than the art. But that’s LA for ya

[@elizabethbodvai583]

I was looking forward to your thoughts and commentary!

[@jbb483]

Paolozzi did it first. Genius none the less. great vid ty kate

[@ohdandan]

a rare original.

[@jbb483]

nope. paolozzi

[@relicman]

I didn't realize that the Skull painting was that huge.

[@scottt.4596]

This. Was. Awesome. Like I was there. Checking on flights this weekend. Is this a special exhibition or part of the museums collection? Thanks!

[@jameskalmroughcut]

This is an enhanced hanging from their collection for the re-opening of the Museum...JK

[@antonioluizrodovalho9832]

Wow 10:16 big table ,big chairs !

[@nonel4515]

James Kalm and his spy glasses.

[@christeapot1177]

Nice review 👍 Not paid much attention to his work before . Quite like the unpredictable randomness of it...sorta as if he's done away with notebook or sketchbook ideas and just gone straight to a big canvas or other surface and opened up his mind...a bit like unplanned graffitti or something.

[@italogiardina8183]

Logical absurdist phenomenology par excellence

[@henrybogle8437]

Yep, this is one show you have to being-there

[@bobbyleeg]

Does anyone know the name of the work presented at 10:42?

[@yamin6253]

What kind of painting medium does Basquiat use especially those lines? Oil bar, oil pastel? Do they ever get dry? I know oil pastel (kinda like crayon) never really dries, but oil bar does. So curious! Thanks, James and Kate!

[@jameskalmroughcut]

Hey @Yamin I think Basquiat was using mostly straight acrylic paint and matte medium for the painting and collage work. The line work was mostly oil stick with some spray-paint, graphite, magic marker and crayon thrown in (depending on what was at hand)...JK

[@yamin6253]

@@jameskalmroughcut Thanks for taking time to reply, James! That's very helpful. Really appreciate it!

[@0Kyren]

a man in pain a man that was traumatized and dark

[@IfYouKnowYouKnow.]

😮

[@kurtwaldo531]

!!!!

[@0Kyren]

so this what he would channel to make art

[@gibberishboner8776]

10:41 this is so cool for my social media #cringetopia

[@darylcumming7119]

🙂.

[@KidGMeta]

My dude, you did not have to get that close to the Basquiats, you were literally like over the ropes practically breathing on it.

[@devonglynn2133]

no talking?????????????????

[@louhawk559]

I wonder is there a clear coat to protect these works ???...

[@TheBornnaked]

These are all replicas right

[@0Kyren]

this make sense he got hit by a car near death whatever messed up his mind and boosted his creativity interesting 🤔

[@gerrylk9]

And if these works were by an unrenoun artist, they wouldn't sell at a theft store. Before Basquiat became famous, he couldn't even trade them for a hotdog

[@ezzovonachalm9815]

Jean Michel Basquiat c' est pour le Trash Basquiat ?

[@anthony-lw6ji]

it's AMAZING how people think this is GREAT ART 😂

[@martinhasson4942]

The Celebration of Mediocrity Why? Why? Why? Then? Death 💀

[@DodoToutDoux]

Tu parles de ta personne?

[@danieljaeger6712]

I don't know. I think the establishment used him. He's not a painter. There is the spirit of expressionism there. But a lot of it is garbage. Of course he had no time to develop so.....

[@gibberishboner8776]

yeah he wasn't a painter but he used paints for most of his works eh? let's call him a magician instead.

[@zeroman614]

You have it backwards. He used the establishment accomplished his self-stated goal of becoming more popular than Julian Schnabel.

[@danieljaeger6712]

Why stop at Schnabel. He is more popular than titian or Gauguin or bacon or etc. Popular? He's not exbitin in movie theaters. He is in a place for drawing and painting. And the people who own it are using his celebrity.

[@Billart]

Basquiat invokes a free flowing imagination more than any other American artist then or since - & does so using many ideas all at once with deep feeling. He's invented his own original complex visual language by combining all sorts of graphic elements in wide array in ways never seen before & quite a prodigious colorist as well. Continues to rock the boat of art.

[@danieljaeger6712]

Don't misudertsnd me. I like the human being.I support his freedom of speech.

[@OmniCircus]

This is all crap

[@democratictotalitariansoci1462]

Looks like bunch of drawings made by bunch of 3 year old kids.

[@jerrystaana3891]

Agree basquait is polular because of media there is no art in his paintings look like a vandalism to me than art 😂