Patti Astor, Fab 5 Freddy, Jean Michel Basquiat- Art in the Streets - MOCAtv Ep. 18

The video segments are excerpts from ART/new york No. 21 - GRAFFITI/POST GRAFFITI and ART/new york No, 19 - YOUNG EXPRESSIONISTS. It includes interviews with Patti Astor, one of the founders of the Fun Gallery in the East Village of New York. Also included are interviews with Fab5 Freddy Brathwaite, and Jean Michel Basquiat shortly after their respective shows at the Fun Gallery.
Interviews and Text - Marc H. Miller
Video and Video Production - Paul Tschinkel
Directed by Marc. H. Miller and Paul Tschinkel
Produced by Paul Tschinkel
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[@SaintVibe]

"Cause I felt like it" -Jean Michel Basquiat

[@alexfxlll]

SaintVibe and that’s the trick to great art everyone

[@rd264]

@@alexfxlll thats the trick to having a beer or bike rides but its not necessarily art

[@jsjdndnncnfjdj9269]

It means he goes off spontaneity and intuition, which is where true art comes from

[@GroovyKamo]

Best comment ever my friend 🤣

[@kollusion1]

Because he can't do any better.

[@ameerahbigo80]

Basquiat: "and this says parasites" Interviewer: "parasites, meaning people?" Basquiat: "no, parasites meaning parasites" lol this man was really reaching

[@wmurray003]

lol.

[@tony_718]

I would've slapped him back to reality! What an idiot , asking the dumbest questions! He was definitely an annoying PARASITE!

[@jonesyxperia7]

I cringed every time he would call Basquiat’s stylistic art ‘crude drawings’ 😒

[@josephinemarino389]

My congratulations to Jean for tolerating such pathetic questions. He was young and could do it. A little older he would have walked out i imagine. Sadly people don't understand artists nor their process. We're not normal. That's why we are artists

[@imprintofafashionista]

😂

[@jesssmithmusic1013]

and the way he questions Basquiat's intelligence is frustrating

[@wmurray003]

Basquiat was thinking ...."Who is this fuckin' clown?".

[@dfrench1983]

Thank you this guy is a prick

[@robertomercado7265]

agreed no wonder he wigged out on interviewers...

[@mr.nyceguy7800]

He's just being white

[@AuthenticVibe]

Very

[@loveiscaptiv8ing]

The interviewer was SO intimidated by Basquiat's intellect; his body language showed it all. And if he didn't understand something, he would just insult the work- typical of an ignorant person.

[@wmurray003]

"man, sounds like it's a slow process derp, derp"

[@coloredgirllost9979]

Amen

[@keeclay1302]

Absolutely! Basquiat was an amazingly talented artist! The way he took charge in explaining and defending his art is quite impressive...too many artist are not able to do when they are face to face with a critic. The person who did this interview had absolutely no knowledge of the world or art, was horribly crude!

[@princelazell]

Racist. Please stop calling him ignorant. He's a racist. It's why he's using loaded language like "snatched" and "imitated", etc.

[@doloreszombory9415]

@@wmurray003 Yeah, interviewer was damned rude but JMB has the last word, as that kind of appropriation of an image (from museum to his canvas) foreshadowed today’s photoshopping.

[@Schewschewan2000]

I love the way basquiat talks

[@theo2oo4]

me too. he talks a little bit like a child but he surely knows what he’s going to say. he knows what he means and that’s all that matters to him. sometimes it’s as if what he’s trying to say about his art simply cannot be explained in words.

[@salemcb]

@@theo2oo4 reminds me of Luka Sabbat, from the same area.

[@akiraasmr3002]

@@salemcb Yea lol if they do another Biopic they should have Luka voice over for Kid Cudi lol

[@capalotxkai2114]

I thought he had a deep voice

[@theo2oo4]

@@capalotxkai2114 yeah me too, i was really surprised when i first heard him. but i’ve gotten use to it and it really suits his character. he finds his anger and craziness with in and puts it in his art. but he’s seems quite shy and a slight sense of timidness. although he was actually angry a lot of the time since he’d sniff a line of coke every other hour of the day but he had a crazy life like that. rip

[@lewismurphy3692]

I love how the interviewer tries to decipher every little detail and give it some extra meaning that doesnt exist and basquiat just says “no i just wanted to draw a belt buckle”

[@w4r7]

And what get's me heated even more is how he comments on his dedication to go to the museum to experience a visual reference first hand and try to dismiss it as a "slow process" rather than coming to a final product through short cuts and "because it's faster" mentality. Excuse my language but interviwer was just an asshole.

[@viciouscircle7802]

Indeed 🤣

[@mr.nyceguy7800]

In this interview you catch the true essence of the Black man which is angelic, intellectual, talented and cool.. then the white male which is satanic, jealous, irrelevant, and cowardly.

[@margaretp6968]

His response to him is so witty too

[@basmatine]

Someone who owned a still life by Picasso once asked the artist what the meaning was behind the painting. Picasso told him it was just a painting of a bowl of fruit.

[@theactorjohnlarroquette]

the interviewer keeps saying his art is "stolen" "snatched" "imitating" "probably copied" like WTF

[@89706]

we have white people like Picasso who was deemed to be a genius at his time for using African tribal masks as an "influence" to cubism. meanwhile actual African artists like Jean are questioned for his intelligence? I hate it here

[@LooseCan88]

@@89706 I think his lack of any idea on art is to blame for it, maybe he was told to throw a "dig" at him here and there, which none of them got through. Glad they shot this though.

[@blackmomba9368]

Dingus Khan Right!? Totally different set of questions. And ignorant. He doesn’t know John Henry.

[@the44thchamber]

@@89706 for real, this fuckimg guy man

[@gregoryboyle2576]

TOTALLY peeping that, "snatched" "Stolen" subtle racist inferences there....and the belt buckle part the interviewer was like, totally trying to belittle JMB. id LOVE to kno what became of this guy (the interviewer, not JMB lol)

[@derekvest3857]

Why did PBS send the weirdest and most culturally inept fella to interview a master of art???

[@soulsaproductions2024]

Because the master of art he was interviewing was young and black. I'm sorry if my answer is blunt but it's the truth.

[@floordoctor]

@@soulsaproductions2024 They sent an unqualified individual because he was young and black? That makes no sense. He was equally inept when interviewing Patti. He's clearly out of touch with ANYTHING artistic or culturally driven within a place like NYC. He's just generally uneducated and underexposed. I'll concede to the fact that a truly qualified person wasn't likely to be hired by OPB in 1982. They weren't even using qualified sources in any media that wasn't underground back then. No one was doing proper research/ journalism in the hood...and yeah, a lot of that was racial for sure.

[@gregoryboyle2576]

THANK U i been wondering that all along here

[@kingcole55]

This was for an independent film series called ART/new york

[@UNDERGROUNDskateco]

@@floordoctor Tyko I think you meant to use the word "racist" instead of "racial."

[@wmurray003]

Basquiat is like a traveler from the future and that dense journalist simply couldn't keep up... he was like an old man who could no longer comprehend and completely grasp his world when met with the superior intellect and insight pouring from Basquiat's mind.

[@timothylee6859]

I've learned so much from looking at Basquiat's paintings. I know only about my own future but am sure that my life will be different from that education. I genuflect to the kings genus. Long live the king.

[@gabriellaarango9100]

Absolutly,,,,Your description of this interview is excellent , I share your feelings,, I was actually so.... disgusted at the way this guy talked toJean Michel in such condescending manner, And Jean Michell saw what the guy was doing and handled it very well,,,, he was and will always be an artistic genius,,, in a class all by himself!!!! There are not too many of them in the Pantheon of panting at that level......

[@maniaulakh5696]

@@timothylee6859 What did you learn? If you don't mind sharing.

[@atkiltgeleta6077]

DILLA - m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn6ndIOiar-WgK8

[@whoaaudio]

"Well, I'm a slow person." No, baby, you weren't. We still haven't caught up.

[@rd264]

basquiat was great but he was just a grafitti guy on a rail bridge adopted by fat cats. he added references words dates etc and caribbean colors.

[@The9Minds]

Exactly. Trying to catch up now. He was so smart and his work was perfection.

[@Folyfe818]

i don’t know...the way i see things is that he was he was um he was throwing that towards the interviewer because he was provoking and doubting Jean Michel’s intelligence...but i guess that’s my perspective

[@FreshAFUpcycle]

@@rd264 not true he was a excellent portrait artist you have to know the artist and the full body of work to speak on their talent. P.s. if you dont get adopted by fat cats no one knows your work. He went the route most artist don't expect to go...but it is the only route to "stardom" in visual arts.

[@FreshAFUpcycle]

Disagree white people hate to see excellent work from black people it was so easy to look at and see imperfections that it was the perfect representation of what "they" wanted our works to be in the art world "chaotic and confusing." and about essentially nothing black.

[@margaretkbrowne]

Basquiat was inscrutable, playful, provocative, erudite, charming, slightly childlike but in a knowing way, and pained--just like his paintings. He and his work were truly one, and that inseparability is the mark of greatness.

[@tweetdaone4450]

He comes off Michael Jackson like to me

[@daniellegerlinger5502]

Wonderfully said!

[@machomanrichards1534]

It's preposterous and idiotic to call a shi*t work an art! Its just a manifestation of constant whining and moaning of folks for free lunch and opportunities they don't deserve. No wonder it can't be hacked in terms of Nobel prize for meaningful discoveries other than stupid Peace prize given to the likes of Obama who again didn't deserved it at all. But again, its the only area some folks could get the validation of greatness and feel equal.

[@mvj1153]

That interviewer thought that he was trying to insult Basquait's intelligence but meanwhile Basquait ended up insulting his intelligence.

[@dolfoboynas9583]

Boggles my mind realizing that there was over 1BILLION DOLLARS worth of Basquiat paintings in that building 🤭

[@jesssmithmusic1013]

this interviewer's clinical approach to art gives me the creeps. ain't got no souuul

[@ibukayov]

😂

[@lifestraight]

"Contemplative Black youth in a ghetto hat" "And you had been er, uh, er, uh READING it?!" "So you SNATCHED a few words" smh

[@ciaranavan8915]

lifestraight That guy was clearly racist. It sucks that Jean had to deal with that on a daily basis. He deserved so much more than that.

[@KangKush]

Black people are very intelligent and influential we just never get credit for anything

[@louise-yo7kz]

@@KangKush Truth

[@tajmahal8472]

When this fool said "ghetto hat", I was thinking to myself, "you mean a Kangol cap???". The "interviewer" (wit his anti-Black a$$) was obviously taking digs at Jean Michel Basquiat's work b/c Mr. Basquiat is a respected BLACK artist.

[@lifestraight]

@@ciaranavan8915 I agree with your whole comment. You kept it 💯!

[@46foryounger]

Lmfao I love Basquiat because he embodies everything a true artist is! He is such a free spirit with a brilliant mind and deep awareness. That’s exactly what artist do they absorb everything around them and then they transposed it through their own expression and his energy is so fantastic and he’s young and full of passion and light what a great personality he has he’s such a light

[@Capricosm]

Basquiat is very perceptive . Much more intelligent than the interviewer.

[@x_at25_x12]

love what Basquiat did, he's showed me not everything has a deep meaning and that to truly express yourself you have to let go and let everything out no matter how it may make you look

[@tajmahal8472]

It's cool to see Fab 5 Freddy in this capacity. I was unaware of his expressionistic artwork. I've only ever seen him as Fab 5 Freddy, the VJ host of Yo! Mtv Raps.

[@solinspired4428]

Yes Fab Five Freddy has had an amazing life wow!

[@duermedespierto]

The interviewer is so inadequate

[@alfiemarie]

Well, Im a slow person. -Basquiat

[@castortroykrb]

+Alfie Bart He was being Sarcastic !

[@gpalmer415]

The reporter was painful to listen to...waste of precious time with such a great artist

[@JF-ch1cm]

it's important to remember that Basquiat failed his art classes in grade school, dropped out of high school, and then NEVER went to art school. his crude, impulsive, almost child-like approach to drawn elements is juxtaposed by his picasso-level eye in composition, color and intellectual depth the interviewer clearly has no understanding or appreciation for art. it'd be like asking adele or whitney why she sang a certain note the way she did.

[@chrislopez5322]

J F well said!!

[@jesseg94]

From what I understood Basquiat is very capable of drawing technically and "cleanly". But he just goes with what he thinks about at the moment and paints it with no regard to what people used to think as the rules to art.

[@Maius26]

Basquiat could draw just fine, as some of his anatomical work clearly demonstrates.

[@therealitychannel6429]

Yeah, many don't understand that "art schools" developed FROM artists, not the other way around. Or to put it another way, true artists don't need schools, they just need to do their art.

[@patrickmcdaniel8123]

@@Maius26 - Really? Prove it! Because if you can't prove it that makes you a liar. Prove it!

[@codyjackschwartz3044]

i feel somewhat uncomfortable that the focus of the basquiat narration is that his reference points are academic & classical. as if to say, "sure, he's a dirty ghetto kid, but he's smart & cultured"

[@castortroykrb]

+Cody S. I just read your comment .... Read mine ..... I worked in the Movie Industry for 30 years and worked side by side with People of this nature like the Narrator during the 80's & 90's. ..... When you're the 1st Minority in Offices or certain Groups .... This is EXACTLY what I dealt with Constantly !!!!! ..... I had to Speak up for myself and All at the same time, Walk a Tight-Rope in order not to get Fired ! ....... And this is the Way it was in the ENTERTAINMENT/ART/MOVIE/MUSIC business during the (I'm sure even before the 60's) 80's- 90's ...... But this is what it was !

[@hi-hk2zv]

i'm trying to avoid this possible truth behind the subliminal message :(

[@omb3d80]

he wasn’t no “dirty ghetto kid”, despite what his disheveled and baseborn presentation would have you believe Basquiat’s parents were non-ADOS and middle class. he was raised in a multicultural household where self-expression and eccentricity was encouraged; not your typical upbringing for a Black youth in NYC. his parents made sure to expose him to art history and high culture from a young age, a privilege most of his inner city peers would never receive. also his father was a high ranking accountant and owned a three-story brownstone in a predominantly Jewish part of Brooklyn.

[@chioma916]

@@omb3d80 important

[@daysjours]

@@omb3d80 Basquiat also attended one of the most elite schools in the nation: St Ann´s. So if he is ¨street¨ than so is the likes of Jennifer Connelly, anohter SA´s alum

[@rodvaldes]

Lame questions from the last interviewer, enough to piss off anybody.

[@ilovetraveling7]

great personality, awesome art tragic he couldn't stick around longer..

[@backtoafrica1822]

forget that he only lived to 27, weird hearing his voice. def a genius

[@wmurray003]

"Comtemplative black you in a ghetto hat" ...this image had no color... and the hat looked like a Kangol... you know, the oh so "classy and sophisticated" british "Kangol".

[@clibreros94]

I enjoy his explanation of his work, the interviewer seemed to keep trying to find meaning in his work but Basquiat was trying to tell him his work is based of interpretations and expressions

[@The9Minds]

Yeah, he had no interest in sharing the meaning of his work with that idiot. I wouldn't have either.

[@suzieritz2957]

he really loved his art and talking about it... you can tell in the way he got excited when he spoke about, or when someone appreciated it. He completely believed spontaneity in his art, and this guy just could not grasp that. Like this kid just sat around in turmoil for days before he would write a word or drawer a figure... its like he over prepared thinking this kid was like Da Vinci taking years to draw the 16th chapel... he purely loved art and making it and you can tell in his voice and body language how proud he was to be a part of it... wow.. he is just soo young though..

[@dudesasavage]

Interviewer wasnt that bright..

[@FLSharkdiver]

Man I wish Basquiat was alive to joy all of the money his estate is worth and joy some of the money he made off his paintings.. You know what '' Only the good Die Young ''

[@charliemoney]

I feel like the interviewer had no personality, no imagination. Therefore, Basquiat could not clearly portray his idea of his paintings to the man.

[@louise-yo7kz]

That guy killed me. Geeewiz🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

[@bigcymac]

Interviewer: "that's kind of a slow process" Basquiat: "I'm a slow person"

[@janefry2702]

Basquiat was ahead of his time

[@coop8845]

If anyone ever calls you "street smart" they are talking down to you.

[@ignskeletons]

I think sometimes when presented with great art we try to find some deeper hidden meaning when really sometimes it 'is what it is' even at a surface level and that's alright. Basquiat had both kinds of works, some with profound meaning and social commentary, and some that he just 'felt like it' that is self explanatory. So glad this footage exists

[@pucahorse]

Basquait, is the man. His work is powerful and has a shamanistic quality that that takes perception to another level. Truly wonderful!!!!

[@yungcake1]

Kid cudi to play basquiat

[@ZachariaYonis]

Jeffery Wright did an excellent portrayal already no need for another movie!

[@yulnikita]

In a ghetto hat 😂 Just throw the whole interviewer away. He was very insecure and kept trying to project his own lack of intelligence on the artist.

[@komjong]

Basquiat's interviewers were trying to be so sarcastic and belittling but B handled their attacks very well wirh positivity and clarity. Made those creeps look like the no name jackasses they are.

[@Auntkekebaby]

I saw this interview years ago. I never forgot about this ahole and how they handled his condescension.

[@danielzapata5045]

I also think they were trying to figure out the process they thought it was just him putting random stuff around there but not even him could explain the depth of it man

[@Auntkekebaby]

***** When you know who you are, you can smell when it's coming.

[@trinnysaysno]

daniel zapata there is the plite for "yall" you always need to figure shit out... most of "us" can see it. Or maybe its exactly what we think it is, not figuring on process, really just a belittling disbelief, an ignant, yes, ignant as in ebonics, attempt at discrediting JMB, exactly what he painted about

[@trinnysaysno]

daniel zapata there is the plite for "yall" you always need to figure shit out... most of "us" can see it. Or maybe its exactly what we think it is, not figuring on process, really just a belittling disbelief, an ignant, yes, ignant as in ebonics, attempt at discrediting JMB, exactly what he painted about

[@johnnydtractive]

Wow. Amazing to me that Jean not only kept his composure, but kept his sense of joy & humour throughout this interview. & clearly, this is not a one-off. Jean faced this kind of condescension & stupidity day in day out. He was a disciplined, brilliant & generous artist. The art world is finally starting to catch up to him & to appreciate his work. To me, he is a once in a lifetime artist, the rare creator, like Rothko, whose work will still be speaking to people 4 & 5 & 10 generations from now.

[@ashamcarter5184]

The interviewer had since become a drunk, who hates art and artist because he hates himself....😅

[@Dengee]

So I finally see and hear Basquiat. I love this guy! so sad he had to leave us so young! I think the interviewer did okay...it's hard to interview someone who is as original and unique as Basquiat !!!

[@Sclass_Ent]

Fab 5 Freddy is such important figure in the hip hop history

[@KristenRussiFabulosciti]

It makes me mad that the interviewer is deconstructing details of whole paintings that he didn't take the time to contemplate prior to interviewing Basquiat. He doesn't seem to understand that he is talking with an artist in the purest sense.

[@glenndelossantos6450]

basquiat was trollin him lmao

[@RastafariPoet]

The way he talks reminds me so much of jimi hendrix. I always believed they were the same soul.

[@jimmyberry4451]

I thought the same but he was born when Hendrix was alive but definitely resonates with Jimis soul tho

[@theglobalnomad]

Art critics are full of crap...listen to the explanation of Basquiat's work

[@scrapart2492]

When I see Basquiat I think of my youth . I think of my mortality. All because of us being peers. It's ironic tho .I was raised in Brooklyn And his birthday is December 22 1960. My birthday was December 21 1961. We walked the same streets. I lived at grand army plaZa 1 block from the Brooklyn museum and Brooklyn library and botanical gardens. I see my youth Watching his old interviews..

[@christopherayettey4390]

I think of a dope head

[@pepelepeau]

GHETTO HAT.WTF.THOSE PAINTING WILL BUY YOU A NICE CONDO! HATE HIM!

[@TenShadowsTechnique.]

that's kind of a slow process, well I'm a slow person 👑🏆⏳

[@tblack9711]

"...a basic mode of art THAT ANYONE CAN RELATE TO." He just explained the reason this style of painting is pushed by the so called art world. Basquiat painted like a child paints and this guy is trying to explain these simple paintings as something profound when the truth is certain people only claim they like his work because they can relate to it's simplicity, not because of the skill and intricacies of the paintings.

[@titobandito2884]

Idk, I think the interviewer did him justice. I mean it is what it is. It would be hard to see the cultural significance of his work while living in the time. We probably take his work more seriously than Basquiat ever did.

[@Deluciano]

This the quote 💯 I don’t even get mad when the interviewer seems like he just can’t connect . It is what it is

[@cynthialeake-downs6680]

I love Basquiat's art his thoughts. But this interviewer was very condescending and ignorant of art culture.

[@a.p.2497]

interviewer gives me the creepssss

[@trex101]

am i the only one who noticed how this interviewer was relentlessly trying to down play Jean-Michel's artistic vision???

[@FreshAFUpcycle]

"A ghetto hat" whoa the 80s were crazy

[@sharonfrazier4914]

They always tend to underestimate us as intellectuals and behave around us as not being normal or as if we are not capable of creating something on our own... This interview reminds me sort of like the Miles Davis interview conducted by Harry Reasoner of 60 Minutes. Lol. Whew! MJ, Prince, Khalid Mohammed, etc..lol.. It's a trip!

[@Marcus-nt8yx]

I agree

[@Aaron_Smith_OM]

He talks with certainty. As if once said it can't be unsaid. Much like a painter. There are no erasers for your strokes so move with intention. Speak with intention. Nice.

[@flairartistry3677]

I didn't like the interviewer, and after reading the comments I'm glad to know I'm not the only one!

[@benjaminshulman2407]

damn that dude calling the kangol a ghetto hat really shows how truly racist people were back then. No wonder Basquiat hated the art world if the rest of it were anything like this guy

[@enriksouls6636]

“Were”? Still is.

[@benjaminshulman2407]

@@enriksouls6636 People are less openly racist now. Post cancel culture, people, interviewers included, know not to use problematic words like "ghetto" so they don't get called out, but in some ways that makes their racism more insidious

[@enriksouls6636]

@@benjaminshulman2407 People are less openly racist now? That's a matter of opinion. Racism is alive and strong, don't get fooled and dont get it twisted homie.

[@enriksouls6636]

The art world is also problematic. Highly elitist and still pretty racist.

[@benjaminshulman2407]

@@enriksouls6636 You are correct that it is opinion based, but the opinion I shared is one held by members of the ny art scene back then. My godfather is a black gay poet (now an accountant lol, he didn't make it in poetry) who lived in that scene, and I'm only sharing his views. I do agree with you, however, in the sense that what is deemed "openly racist" has progressed. Someone growing up today may find the art scene just as openly racist, while someone of a past generation probably wouldn't view the same situation as blatantly racist. As I said before though, I believe hiden racism is more insideous than overt racism, as overt racism will simply exclude you, while hidden racism will draw you in, profit off you, and then spit you out.

[@DomiiD100]

Might as well name my future child after Jean

[@n2979]

One of the most beautiful humans ever ugh

[@generalacc]

Does any have a link to the full cringy interview? I remember it was a two part vid. Cant find it

[@avedic]

Jesus man....I'm a straight guy, but it's impossible not to notice how ridiculously attractive he was. Just effortlessly cool and fashionable and ahead of everyone around him. True inspiration for me....

[@97260popoline]

Sounds kinda sus bro

[@awkwardrainbowpotato5620]

Jesus I thought I was the only one it's like his whole vibe it's just magnetic, and his voice is so soft-spoken but he is very passionate about his work. He truly was gone too soon.

[@anonymousgirl799]

@avedic Basquiat was bisexual, and had dalliances with men.

[@jamesdeltoro]

It’s frustrating that one of the biggest reasons for artists being misunderstood, or worse ostracized, comes from media outlets & their journalists/interviewers being paid to ask questions being naive or just ignorant with their attempts at trying to find literal dispositions & answers. Most artists understand psyche enough to know that even with their intent comes other interpretations of their work & that’s the beauty of it; once it’s released into the world, it becomes openly up to the viewer to either figure it out or digest for their own mental use.

[@JustDeJane]

This interviewer

[@solinspired4428]

He could be here right here in these times. He was so ahead ...goodness Gracious

[@TheGemHerself]

I don't think the interviewer was questioning anyone's intelligence, it just seemed he was trying to find deep meaning with Fab 5 and Basquiat's work and they were like "I just put it there honestly" lmaoo

[@chillzoneyt1]

I have a lot of similarities with basquiat, same birthday, same heritage(haitian) and similar name(Michael), he was a musician and im currently a musician. didnt realize this until after i did shrooms recently. looked into his art cause it looked like art i used to draw as a kid. This guy even has a similar personality as mine. I find him relateable & inspirational in several ways

[@5hadœwbånnedbyyou]

People don't even realize that the Schnabel film is based on the Article "The Radiant child" that Rene Ricard wrote about Jean, which made Julian jealous because he wanted to be the radiant child and had known Rene longer. During the 90s, Julian cut out Michael Holman's facts, paid Rene a million dollars to get him to agree with Michael Wincott portraying him in a fashion that Ricardo said was a bit off but didn't give a shit about nonetheless. Rene Ricard was no fringe of the art world as the film portrays during Mr Chows scene. Rene was with Andy's factory since the 60s and would have only protected Jean from his paranoia of exploitation. Here's where shits gets strange for Jean. Not only was he shunned by the establishment controllers but by black people as well. You had black journalists who didn't even want to meet Jean because he hung out with mostly whites or just being surrounded by them. These Black journalists could have also helped him with allowing him to say what he wanted without the worry of a white interviewer quoting word for word to make it a highlighted article. The Schnabel film is not the real Jean-Michel. That Tamara lady is the reason we have lengthy footage of Basquiat talking in his own words.

[@LouieTzepher]

JMB radiates intelligence, his laid back personality and just the vibes he gave off was so magnificent.

[@heidifalzon2490]

I could listen to him talk all day he's was truly special and unique ;)

[@TroyArn]

Interviewer narration is insightful but his interview questions are hassling and idiotic.

[@livingproof78]

Fab looks geeked on coke...hilarious..shout out to the legendary FAB 5 FREDDY future host of YO MTV RAPS

[@backupinyoasswittharesurre6524]

Basquiats paintings are about an emotion that they evoke in the person who's looking at it... Not about deconstructing it and looking at it literally like the interviewer is doing

[@annabjurstam6966]

The definition of Graffiti, writing, or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. "the station was covered in graffiti" By definition, she is not hanging up Graffiti....

[@notabotiswear6980]

fuck man why do the best always have to die young?

[@xip2.0]

Pac, Cobain, Hendrix, Basquiat... It just keeps on going.

[@snowratak]

They are the best because they die young. Those who extinguished in their prime don't live long enough to become irrelevant

[@reubenjelley3583]

+Alex Ness you either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain ahaha batman quotes related to the death of these heroes

[@wmurray003]

Not exactly.

[@DWINC]

In the presence of artist royalty….

[@trinnysaysno]

The narrator... speakin on it with eyes wide shut irritating

[@AB-gn5yl]

what a waste of space and opportunity that interviewer was, he wanted to condescend him, diminish his techniques, question his intellect, all the while he's the one who's basic and untalented. Basquiat displayed pure class the whole time in the way he handled him, King!

[@mmiler415]

You should check out the documentary on Jean Michel Basquiat called "A Radiant Child" it's really good hes a super interesting dude with a pretty wild story.

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...and there is no accounting for taste. Does art have to be beautiful or is that so yesterday?

[@iporil4160]

I want to hear more from Basquiat and less from the interviewer but Basquiat seems high with a short attention span. The interviewer is trying to pull it out of Basquiat.

[@Maius26]

The interviewer is a patronising racist prick, who has not got the intelligence to realize he is speaking to someone far and away more intelligent than himself, and destined for greater success than he could possibly imagine.

[@wildnregaltv1610]

I don’t think I’ve seen a worst interviewer in my 30 years of life. He was disgustingly condescending and had no business in the room with the 3 people he spoke to! He didn’t deserve to be there much less pull anything from Basquiat!!! Do you not see the constant micro-aggressions and disrespect?

[@Jiggelmeister]

I don’t think y’all understand how difficult it’d be to interview someone like this

[@godscience7821]

I dream of owning one of his paintings

[@antoniosmith7871]

Such disrespect being shown to an ABSOLUTE GENIUS. The interviewer is such a Poor little man with a small smooth brain. Long Live Basquiat

[@farwest6321]

art is the vehicle of self expression.....to repurpose someone else's art or any object is to give it new meaning - your own expression....to create something that inspires others self expression and meaning is to open source the visual - STAN Basquiat 🎨

[@SwagBxcth]

maybe its just me but I hate all of the interviews of basquiat. I love seeing him & hearing him speak of his art but the interviewers always seem to offend him with their questions... like they obviously don’t get it & it shows.

[@mothmoiloa]

this guy was a genius, as a fine artist, i respect his thinking process and the finish of his work.

[@jamesteller1]

You can’t send someone who thinks they know art to interview an artist, cause an artist doesn’t know what art is due to them being art. It’s deeper then words can explain so he painted it. F that interviewer for saying Basquiat stole .

[@jesusshuttlesworth8231]

The interviewer was horrible

[@1savannahlegend247]

Notice in the beginning they describe graffiti as something quickly drawn yet when he's almost done interviewong Basquiat he says "sounds like a slow process"

[@XRamosRios]

Interviewer was infuriating! Christopher Walken did a great job acting that part.

[@gabriellaarango9100]

It was great to see young Jean Michell And his paintings,,, the manner in which he answered the questions, and express what he did on the painting ,, what a contrast between Jean Michell and the guy talking with him,,, It reveals so MUCH !!!!!!/. I was disgusted by the level of condescension he used when he asked questions,, WOW The only bonus is that we have a record of Jean Michelle showing his great paintings

[@GreybeardtheSurvivor]

This "case of cringe" was purchased, and paid for in full, by the interviewer. He kinda reminded me of a chihuahua: Yapping up a storm, stuck on a leash, unable to pull the master in ANY direction...and getting giggled at throughout the process.

[@micheleallurex4361]

Just here to make sure everyone peeped how condescending the interviewer was with Basquiat…glad we’re all on the same page 😂

[@AceWall73]

My high school art teacher said he was a fake because he was the son of an account. To me the work speaks for itself. Best painter of the 1980s.

[@AceWall73]

yes I read his biography. What matters most? The paintings or the the painters life?

[@castortroykrb]

+Ace Wall This is what WHITE teachers have been doing for YEARS !!!!!!! ..... Discredit or Don't teach about the TRUTH when it comes to Minorities ........ The Internet is EXPOSING THE TRUTH ! ...... They let the Black kids believe it's OK to be nothing but, Thugs or Thieves in Prison (for Street Cred), Rap & Pro Sports Dreamers, Lotto Winners, Weed heads coming from Broken homes, No Pappies around, Young girls ? It's kool to have Bastard kids using no protection ...... Look at the latest Black " Academy Award Winners ", ..... Check this List of Role Models out ! ........Jennifer Hudson Comes from a broken home with a Bastard kid, Sleeping around to Becomes a Known Singer in " Dreamgirls " ..... Denzel Washington As a Corrupt Cop, Even calling White People, Nigga's 94 times in " Training Day " ..... Halle Barry, Plays a Waitress Slut ! Trying to make ends meet with a Bastard Kid who's father is in Prison about to be Executed in " Monsters Ball " ......... Here's one for RAP MUSIC ....... Let's give a Black Rap group called 3-6 MAFIA a Musical Academy Award for a Song called....... " It's Hard out here for a PIMP ! " ...... SMFH ! ..... The system needs to be EXPOSED ! .... Sorry for the Rant. ..... But the TRUTH ...... Is just that ....... The TRUTH !

[@lpurnell4827]

+V Watters She's an azzhole and should be ashamed to call herself a teacher. Just curious- did she say the same about the Jews/Holocaust?

[@AceWall73]

Yes!

[@wmurray003]

Ask your teacher... what does his credibility have to do with his parent's professions... then watch her/his mouth drop.

[@netsaosa4973]

The interviewer is special

[@jhijhigi6610]

are these avatars seriously on these videos now ?