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1982 was a watershed year for Jean-Michel Basquiat. At twenty-one years old, he completed his transition from a graffiti artist to a star of the New York art scene. [2] Basquiat had solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, Zurich, and Rotterdam.
The film is a lightly fictionalized account of Basquiat's life. A struggling artist living in a cardboard box in Tompkins Square Park works his way up the rungs of the New York art world in the eighties, thanks in part to his association with Andy Warhol, the art dealer Bruno Bischofberger, poet and critic René Ricard, and fellow artist Albert Milo.
New York Beat was shot over December 1980 and January 1981. The film was funded by Rizzoli, but the movie was abandoned in the mid-'80s due to financial problems. Producer O'Brien resurrected the film after acquiring the rights in 1999 (over a decade after Basquiat's death). It was released in 2000 as Downtown 81 at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
Basquiat's family curated Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure, an immersive exhibition with over 200 never-before-seen and rarely shown works. [197] King Pleasure debuted at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea, New York in April 2022. [198] In March 2023, the exhibition traveled to the Grand LA in Los Angeles. [199]
Executed in 1982, Untitled (Head) is an outburst of vivid color, bearing echoes to one of Basquiat's most well-known heads Untitled. "Whereas Untitled (1981) presents the viewer with a mask-like visage caught somewhere between life and death, Untitled (Head) (1982) creates an effect that’s somewhat more supernatural because of its evocatively unnatural hues."
Jean-Michel Basquiat at Galerie Enrico Navarra in Paris, April–June 1996. [8] Jean-Michel Basquiat at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan, January–June 1997; [8] Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo in Brazil, June–August 1998. [8] Basquiat a Venezia at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice, June–October 1999. [8]
The following is a list of significant artworks by the American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), who played a historic role in the rise of street art and neo-expressionism. During his short yet productive career, Basquiat created more than 600 paintings and 1,500 drawings. [1] He started creating sculptures and mixed media works in 1979.
Basquiat: Rage to Riches is a documentary film about artist Jean-Michel Basquiat that premiered on BBC Two in October 2017. It was produced and directed by David Shulman. The film won the Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual at the 2018 British Academy Television Awards.