Jean Michel Basquiat Words Are All We Have at NAHMAD CONTEMPORARY

[@ivanzavala8648]

Basquiats a legend. Much respect. It's such a treat to see this gallery and hear your insight. Actually it's a privilege to have access to these kind of videos for free and experience a show that is otherwise inaccessible for many of us. Thanks Mr. Kalm!

[@gjb7966]

thank you for taking the time to prepare and share this very personal and insightful tour. hugs from berlin!

[@karencoleman6442]

This is a good documentary on Jean Michel Basquiat. He was truly a gifted and talented artist. A GENIUS ahead of his time. I hope the art world would continue to give him the credit in shaping modern art.

[@cresplove]

Thank U for takin us 2 the show!! Grande JMB !!! Numero 1

[@chezceleste]

Thank you Kate.

[@zhazhorelo5463]

This man was a genius.

[@AshbySound]

You pronounced his name right this time, James. ✋🏼 Thanks for the video btw

[@ifheavenwashuman]

Grateful to come across such a beautiful channel.

[@lovepeace3041]

I like the abrupt ending of this post, just the way Basquiat left. RIP JMB

[@chriscameron9321]

Childlike - that's what made it so cool & refreshing.)

[@Ruiz13Fox]

Thank you so much

[@pablopicoso]

Second time watching this. It's so good. I love the writing, and agree with James that it's not about conceptual art, but rather poetic.

[@bau5kids]

Your channel is awesome. Thanks for continuing to put out videos!

[@brydon10]

Thanks so much James, love JMB

[@StephenGladue]

I like how you explain the pieces.

[@CrescimoneMatt]

Hell yes glad I found your channel.

[@artmias5538]

👍😤 The vids are always appreciated sir. 👍😎 I also enjoy hearing YOUR take on the art and artists, so please keep that commentary coming as well.

[@Simplesimple123]

Great video and lovely you had no noise of an opening . Pretty much to yourself and your commentary. Really liked it thank you

[@vonnie1999]

special. So glad your channel found me.

[@davidmedina371]

I appreciated thisss

[@SAINT_PATRICK]

It's crazy how he too 20 cent of material and made them priceless

[@u.s.n.retired1995]

This was very nice and educational. I thank the narrator, for his respect and admiration for the artist. Mr. Basquiat.

[@jameskalm]

Thanks Valincia, we all love Jean-Michel...

[@whadafunk]

thanks for these videos they are awesome.

[@u.s.n.retired1995]

This was very nice and interesting. I like them all but, the piece dedicated to the jazz artists is my favorite. Basquiat a TRUE YOUNG KING!! ❤❤

[@gabriellaarango9100]

Yes a he was a Great Genius, his paintings have such power!!!! His sense of color and composition was fantastic,,, The video was well done ,, you get close to the painting and we have the opportunity to see up close what he did on the canvas. Thank you!!

[@rd264]

when he paints over something is that canceling it or erasing it or is it manifesting his ego? I must know. his raw genius was so raw...

[@gabriellaarango9100]

The way I understand the process, a lot of things can be happening all-at once while the painter is putting the color on the canvas,, or deciding where or what to do as the work is in progress,,the way a see his work I sense an out of the ordinary artistic intuition,, and knowledge

[@gabriellaarango9100]

If you like JMB work I recommend you look up a video of the Bilbao Guggenheim museum ... it presents an extensive amount if work, many I saw for the 1st time.Enjoy

[@shermstudio1957]

I really like the way you do your videos man!

[@jean-alexdube2704]

Amazing channel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@salvajexy7718]

Hola buen video Basquiat es very good

[@nonplayerzealot4]

4:57 That's a commentary on Marciano knocking out Jersey Joe Walcott, btw. Famous KO.

[@henrybogle8437]

Not a conceptualist but rather a pure intuitive, knowing about him and his process, though if I saw his work cold for the first time I might believe otherwise. You're right, James, graphics and mark making were a principle focus, his semiotic concerns based more on meaning of individual words rather than an overall syntax. My take, could be wrong. Thanks for documenting this.

[@jcarli8501]

Nice insight into JMB's work(d)s. Why could'nt you photograph one of the paintings as you say on the voice comment ?

[@jameskalm]

That piece was borrowed from a collection with the stipulation that it not be photographed...

[@jcarli8501]

@@jameskalm Thanks. The right of image is a bum sometimes, it reminds me JMB's father not allowing Julian Schnabel to use any of his paintings in the film...

[@starrider72]

u get a glimpse into the workings of the mind of a genius

[@rrdd8457]

your after recorded commentary is much better route for these videos. thanks

[@jameskalm]

+Rrdd Don't get spoiled, that was wwwaaaaayyyy too much work.....,

[@artmias5538]

+jameskalm 😊

[@victoriavassal665]

naw i prefer the immediacy and quirky spontaneity of your improvised narratives. i was disappointed when i saw your mouth wasn't moving in the reflection of the "monochrome with white text."

[@thewestinator3000]

Thank you so much for posting this beautiful work! Does Basquiat do most of his writing with an oil stick in these pieces?

[@alexandercleary3749]

I think so and acrylics not sure though oil pastels seem to be it

[@ezzovonachalm9815]

A genius is a dude unable to properly draw or paint a bird , who attains wealth and the réputation of a great artist . Pablo Picasso is a good example of a genious, not a painter.

[@Mr8888flower]

As a fan of Basquiat it would be cool if you went even slower and steadily closer to show the materials used and the brush widths etc.

[@christianegonbarnthaler1426]

super art

[@KayInMaine]

Jean-Michel was brilliant. XO

[@donemigholzjr.7344]

Death is the end of the journey (for us). For an artist it is not how far out we go it is the ability to come back.

[@chriscameron9321]

More poet than painter!

[@carlossteez]

fire

[@casteretpollux]

A lot of material in Basquiat'a work references colonial/imperial exploitation. He must have had or referenced a book about this. Anyone know if he had one?what it was? Also Gray's Anatomy and Leonardo's sketchbook were on his shelf. I'm guessing that he must have had a core of key texts that he quarried. I see the Latin phrase " Lux Tenet in Tenebris" - "The light shines in the darkness (and the darkness did not comprehend it) " from the book of John (New Testament). Its a line Brecht also quoted. In this Basquiat painting I'm guessing he's pointing to unrecognised black genius and to his own situation (treated as an amusing enfant sauvage). I read Basquiat's painting as didactic and easily legible exploring the human being/anatomy/self , world resource exploitation/imperialism /racism and lack of acknowledgement of black genius. Basquiat said he crossed things out to make us read them. Thanks for the Oreo reminder: you see 'left' critiques of Basquiat as a sell-out. In the years before his death he was slagged off as being past it, a sell out, Warhol's pet etc. and was excluded from recognition by the museums he'd spent so much time in from childhood on. They still have little of his work but exploit it on t-shirt garbage, instinctual class and race hatred from these institutions imo. As well as English and Latin he uses Haitian Spanish words. The Latin phrases are sometimes the key to the painting. Its easy to google them now but were more arcane when he was using them. He had decided to stop painting at time of his death and to write. Thank you so much for showing these paintings in the proper way the eyes move over them and read them. Most books on Basquiat are annoying as you cant read the words.

[@hieronymustard57]

So are we not thanking Kate anymore?

[@petermascak1138]

wow

[@netsaosa4973]

👍

[@fastfoodart5552]

cool

[@StephenS-2024]

His iconography is monumental. He was a child. Obvious. Naive. Martyr.

[@scrapart2492]

SLY stone lives in LA in a RV parked in front of his cousins house.so cool.

[@vmacart]

thanks jk. thanks kate.

[@clamda]

I wonder whether some of these paintings were found unfinished in his studio after his death

[@jameskalm]

+clamda From looking at the wall labels I think all of these works were sold and in major collections as finished works before Jean-Michel died. The "unfinished" quality of the work is part of why it stands out.

[@clamda]

+jameskalm yes I agree,. The one I liked the best from your video was the simplicity and immediacy of the jazz all stars, white oil stick on black, I loved your story by the way of selling a 'couple of thousand dollars ' worth of art materials to Rastafarians who were sent by basquiat. It must have been an incredibly exciting time to be around New York Soho circa early eighties. I'd love to hear of your stories My Basquiat story is I'm friends with someone who knows JayJopling who runs White Cube London. He went and visited Basquiat's studio circa 1986 and was met by him with a giant spiff in his hand

[@goodreason6462]

does anyone know how much his painting would go while he was still alive?

[@AX1A]

110 M (American record, no pun intended)

[@robcarroll2209]

I despise the artworld. Not all of the artists themselves, but mostly the curators, collectors, gallery owners and stiffs walking around setting the rules. Absolutely diluted, as well as being a bit corrupt. It's classism, that's all it's ever been. 10% pure expression and 90% egotism. There are artists with a tremendous amount of passion and artisanship, but if they didn't graduate from so-and-so art academy with $100,000 worth of debt hanging over their shoulders, nobody even looks their way. Sickening and fraudulent. The world of fine arts is a business, for the wealthy narcissist consumer, to boast their "grandeur" lifestyles with expensive pieces they are oh-so-so "knowledgeable" about... ...with their esoteric descriptive words - "oooOOo, ahhhh!" I'm even laughing while writing this.... because it's the truth Loren, you seem like a reasonable guy, and you seem very passionate about art. But you're in too deep with this lot. I understand. Networking. Relationships. Blah blah.. Me on the other hand, will never "bow down" to any of these "aristocrats" As far as I'm concerned, they're legends in their own mind Basquiat probably would have agreed with me.... - Rob

[@rd264]

baskeyaye wouldve agreed with you at the same time he wanted that fame, he went for the art glam 150%. of course he wanted the fame and the bucks and he wanted be on covers of ragzines. he probably thought 'everythings cool, 'I'll play the art show game, crank out my stuff 100mph, but art isnt like that. the art world is not a good place to be. he died alone and miserable.

[@mykemauigroovey125]

jean michel was a very good friend of mine. it disturbs me to see people trying to disect his art and make something out of it that it is not. please read my book,..Jean Michel Basquiat, his time in Hana Maui. by Myke Embe' Cappadona he was a sensitive, sarcastic, funny guy..just like myself,..thats why we got along so well. please respect him as a person and stop refering to him as 'Basquiat'. his name is Jean MIchel. please,..thank you,..Aloha.

[@VividYouth]

I wonder HOW he stretched his canvases. I like the look and would like to do that the same way he did

[@iKareyTv]

Sure there were unfinished paintings found after his passing. But what you see here is the sign of the times "Mixing & Scratching" and, plenty of humor & history!

[@barnabywylde2224]

Unbelievable

[@earinsound]

Basquiat is now a "Conceptual" artist....please....that beginning text is just so ridiculous. How do you quantify "pure"? Or "masterworks"?

[@rogerm1343]

Have you seen his work in person? And read the words? "Skinhead: Wig" among thousands of other brilliant juxtapositions and comments on racism, pompous, pretentious bourgeoisie. He was beyond genius in so many ways.

[@jhb61249]

He was no fool. The joke was on you!!

[@ezzovonachalm9815]

Grâce à tous ces riches collectioneurs qui n' ont jamais rien compris à l" art, les croûtes d' artistes qui ne savent ni peindre ni dessiner, restent enfouies dans les collections privées et ne vont plus encombrer nos musées.

[@spaanda]

please practice some camera skills(e.g let me discover the details)

[@skylarkportraitstudio]

We throw around the label “genius” like it was just a dollar bill at a strip show. I see only a interesting young man who had an unusual talent for drawing. He might have been more but sadly we’ll never really know.

[@amenx]

Nah he’s a genius

[@skylarkportraitstudio]

@@amenx So current fashion would have us believe. It sure helps sales. I've never been a big fan of the whoo-hoo 1980's NYC art market boom or of many of the artists who benefited from it. Some indeed where very fine artists but many were not much more than interesting in some small way. Basquiat was interesting but his drug use derailed what might have been developing. We really will just never know. Not a trendy opinion but I think most people in the know would agree with it.

[@amenx]

@@skylarkportraitstudio Bruh basquiat is the greatest artist I’ve ever seen. I totally disagree with your premise.

[@skylarkportraitstudio]

@@amenx Sorry, but no. The kid was good, no doubt about it, but great, sorry, nowhere near. It’s a generally held critical opinion I speak of and not just my own. I like his work but it’s not groundbreaking stuff.

[@amenx]

His work is for black people not for you. You don’t understand it. He is the 🐐

[@herospiritawmczbz6560]

Words are all we have in common. Or all we have it. I love it brag. I love it your bag. I love when snag. My heart back. The next atlas. Said atlas. The last atlas said ZZB. DA like Duke Basquiat’s Energion. Cara like way too cara. Above GodFlashZZB Lasso. Titan. Emily. Emily Rose. FF Phoenix Rising and mercy mercelago. Chambo. Champagne apocryphal

[@TRUENOSM]

This dude knew the BIBLE..he knew he was an Israelite!

[@alexandruboca6610]

No Thank you Kate?

[@jhb61249]

Don't be messing with Kate! Hands off!

[@neilsaxton109]

Sorry but is this really art work

[@rogerg.2686]

Tough hack but you are managing it. We are fucked.

[@extremeaudiogore]

didnt know that trump liked basquiat

[@petemavus2948]

Knowing his history with most, I have a very hard time believing that.

[@BLURAPTORBRO]

OMG, ya ya art is subjective but this embarrassing. people get real, is this really art, or a joke on those that call it art ?

[@earinsound]

+The Big F U Why wouldn't it be art?

[@BLURAPTORBRO]

+earinsound. Oh its by definition art, but lets be real, Basquiats work is nothing more then a repeated pattern in diffrent colors. And all of the writing in no way speaks to the image. I work in the NY art world and we all know that Basquiats work succeeded only, only because of his affiliation with Warhol, period. Warhol was honest about his success. He said that he became a noted artist by, making something, anything, call it art, then selling it to his rich friends, that was the secret to Warhols success. Basquiats career was ending, then he died, that and only that reason is why people even know his name. If he would have lived he would be a nobody today. And everybody in NY knows it. Well except the guy that makes these videos, he is so damn dishonest about his opinion, you just cant trust an art critic that likes everything, everything that he sees, that is just so dishonest......what an asshole, period, PERIOD

[@BLURAPTORBRO]

+Pete Grady. Well, thats a start, admitting that you were ignorant until I, I enlightened you. But on a serious note, have you noticed that LOREN MONK, aka, James alweys likes everything. Nobody likes everything, that ruins his credibility, period. I cant respect dishonesty, its cowardly and that is sickening....how embarrassing, thats sad, I pity him.

[@hidwar]

+The Big F U you're in bits

[@hieronymustard57]

+The Big F U I'm pretty sure you make shitty art. Can I see it?

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Thank you Kate.