Jean-Michel Basquiat: Post-Punk Prodigy

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an artist in the most plural sense. Commonly misunderstood as just a 'graffiti artist', or a painter, Basquiat was also a musician, DJ, actor and performance artist.
On the occasion of the Barbican's major Basquiat exhibition, which ran between September 2017 and January 2018, curator Eleanor Nairne exposes how Basquiat's multidisciplinary nature springs from his profound engagement with a broad range of source material, from trashy TV, to philosophy, to media representations of black experience.
Nairne unpicks some of the fertile references which feature in canvases by the pioneering prodigy of the 1980s downtown New York art scene. She discusses how Basquiat could have brought these disparate sources together to critique and shed new light on the world around him.
Could the webs of references which feature in Basquiat's works parallel our contemporary experience of the digital age?
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[@ctrlaltcreate3827]

The dude was a true enigma. Born from a time when the mystery of celebrity was at an all time high. I’m convinced nobody actually knows the full him. His family knows the background. Different people know him from different stages. Only he knew the full scope of his life and his work. To me, that’s what makes him so interesting. His work is incredibly autobiographical as well as social commentary but he never explained any of it past the surface level. A true artist. 🙏🏾

[@wanderlustaesthete4117]

I attended 2022 NYC Basquiat Exhibit. It gave me chills seeing his art in person. I’ve been a fan since I was 11 I’m 37 now. 💜

[@Zeal808]

The same. I felt like he was there or his spirit was. Incredible. I went in April.

[@BeHotchNots]

great video! I love the segment on his portrait alongside thelonius and his heros, interpreting as basquiat placing himself with the greats was a cool take

[@sxt4447]

She really hit the nail on the head. I really appreciate the thoughtful analysis of his work. I’m hoping the discourse on Basquiat’s work continues in the art history realm

[@DunceGato]

Thank you for introducing me to this Documentary. 🚀🚀🚀❤️‍🔥 Always looking forward to seeing more videos!

[@sharongillesp]

Too short … wanted more. However, one of the most insightful! Thank you.

[@flatformagency753]

I've never heard him speak before. Great footage!

[@Moircuus]

I went to the Met for the first time the other day, and was unfortunately locked to only seeing what I could fit into a time slot. Of all the many things, I greatly regret not seeing a Basquiat work.

[@guytiips3906]

Iconic most friendly Art..!! #Love​ from Thailand

[@dolores2716]

So interesting. Thank you.

[@flower6032]

great documentary, he’s so important to me, his art inspired me in a deep way. Every thing I creat is always inspired somehow on Basquiat

[@revrevreviews]

Wonderful and educational video. I loved seeing some of the source material edited in with the paintings. I wonder if Jean-Michel would have enjoyed the internet if he was still aound.

[@yenifer2154]

11:11 I love how content he looks, I aspire to feel like that every day of my life

[@brubrunito8630]

Spider punk was a clear representation of Basquiat

[@edwassermann8368]

That lady is good at her job!

[@ssspit]

i love him, downtown 81 is a helluva film

[@jeanmichelbasquiat4444]

Great piece. Thanks for sharing

[@HENITalks]

Thanks for watching!

[@ManfromuncoolBlogspotstars]

Love, love, love.

[@carlgomezmata]

anyone ID on the jazz track starting at 6:40?

[@yOGlo]

I wanna know too

[@Manuel-oh9kx]

if you find it can you comment pls

[@IFrameRodger]

City of solitude by Tim Garland

[@orbit5311]

Anyone know any good biographies about him? Haven’t seen many but I want to read a book about him

[@waveril5167]

Glad to have a painting od hes

[@sabihatanveer8494]

⚘

[@davidburke4568]

bangin

[@dittagecoeco2738]

Beauuuutifull

[@oho7464]

Basquiat is so cool

[@oho7464]

What’s wrong with Chinese restaurants menu 😢? 4:49

[@JoshhuaRay]

Out of Context

[@tomfordlegacy4271]

The Myth.. The Legend.. The....... (Insert...)

[@asaadbobby1]

😎

[@pawnotdaw4559]

Perhaps his reference to Superman, in that olympics painting, was Nietzschean ideals of anti-egalitarianism, the Superman, that the Nazis hijacked.

[@amitabha_art]

[@violent_world]

Original.

[@joshuaiowa2190]

why keep making these videos when the content is the same as all the others? Not a single new prospective or take what so ever...

[@NYisconstipated]

I agree…plenty of new great artist to research

[@alfiemarie]

my idol!

[@joebell3220]

what culture is this?

[@Rellsk8]

Kid Cudi reincarnated idc. 🤔🤯

[@Martin-fe8xi]

lol

[@layditms2]

love this Boomer artist

[@yOGlo]

..IT SMELLS LIKE PAINT...

[@yOGlo]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqLFnaiXotWKp5Y #Art 🙌🖼🎨

[@hypno5690]

"prodigy" is a word that's just getting thrown around huh?

[@heavyribs1563]

Comparing him to Banksy just shows that she knows absolutely nothing about contemporary street art / graffiti.

[@ChiefWindyCheeks]

Art is by definition is subjective but, a remarkably overrated time in "modern" art.

[@patswayze7359]

One of the most overrated artist of our time.theres so many real graffiti writers during that time that were masters.i guess its all about who you know in the art world .

[@hypno5690]

So funny to see his awful copies of the anatomy study and trying to frame it like it made his art more intelligent somehow. Those are beginner drawing studies

[@acidnave]

i did my doctorate on this dude. the way i see it, warhol was starting to get stacked with cash, nothing better to do. so he found basquiat and took him in as a pet project. kid wasnt fit for the art scene. too wild, drug addition, no true artistic skill. right place at the right time. imo, very overrated. he would be nobody without warhol, and warhol himself is overrated to begin with.

[@Rustyjames667]

Looks like sketching,,, child sketch…. I dont get this art ….