Photographs of Jean-Michel Basquiat by Lee Jaffe | Hypebeast

YOU SEE ALL THE MONEY HE PULLS IN….YOU THINK FOR ONE SEC HE ENJOYED ANY OF THAT WHILE ALIVE.
ALSO THERE WAS A REASON HE WAS ESTRANGED FROM HIS FAMILY AND HOMELESS WHICH HELP TO DEVELOP HIS ART IN THE STREETS,,,,,BUT WHO OWNS THE ESTATE AND PROFITS NOW??????!!!!
WHO LET REEBOK USE HIS IMAGE FOR A SHOE?????
AT LEATS HE DIDNT HAVE IT HARD LIKE VAN GOGH
RIP GUYS

YOU SEE ALL THE MONEY HE PULLS IN….YOU THINK FOR ONE SEC HE ENJOYED ANY OF THAT WHILE ALIVE.
ALSO THERE WAS A REASON HE WAS ESTRANGED FROM HIS FAMILY AND HOMELESS WHICH HELP TO DEVELOP HIS ART IN THE STREETS,,,,,BUT WHO OWNS THE ESTATE AND PROFITS NOW??????!!!!
WHO LET REEBOK USE HIS IMAGE FOR A SHOE?????
AT LEATS HE DIDNT HAVE IT HARD LIKE VAN GOGH
RIP GUYS

Devin Kenny: agreed!

enjoi: the movie basquiat is interesting. first time i saw it, i thought, “eh.” but then i read phoebe hoban’s book A QUICK KILLING IN ART, which is a fantastic biography on basquiat & really gives a lot of insight into the 80s art scene especially. i would suggest for anyone who’s really into him to give the book a read & then go & re-watch the film. i liked it a lot more & appreciated more fully what schnabel had done with the film.

Devin Kenny: agreed!

enjoi: the movie basquiat is interesting. first time i saw it, i thought, “eh.” but then i read phoebe hoban’s book A QUICK KILLING IN ART, which is a fantastic biography on basquiat & really gives a lot of insight into the 80s art scene especially. i would suggest for anyone who’s really into him to give the book a read & then go & re-watch the film. i liked it a lot more & appreciated more fully what schnabel had done with the film.

While this is not the forum for critical thinking, but rather celebratory or inflammatory comments, I’ll go ahead. First of all, these photos are a pleasure to see. Second of all, Jean-Michel Basquiat was not a Pop artist. If you’re to even take upon the task of historicizing, it’s much more apt to associate him with the Neo-Expressionist school, however wide it may be (Julian Schnabel, Marlene Dumas, David Hockney, Leon Golub, etc etc). The distinction is important, because those two groups of artists had separate concerns and to conflate or confuse them does their work a disservice. By the by, if that’s linen he’s painting on, I’m kinda buggin’ out.

While this is not the forum for critical thinking, but rather celebratory or inflammatory comments, I’ll go ahead. First of all, these photos are a pleasure to see. Second of all, Jean-Michel Basquiat was not a Pop artist. If you’re to even take upon the task of historicizing, it’s much more apt to associate him with the Neo-Expressionist school, however wide it may be (Julian Schnabel, Marlene Dumas, David Hockney, Leon Golub, etc etc). The distinction is important, because those two groups of artists had separate concerns and to conflate or confuse them does their work a disservice. By the by, if that’s linen he’s painting on, I’m kinda buggin’ out.

today i spotted that the author of this post had written his name jean-micheal basquiat…and i just wrote the correct spelling in the comments…when i came back later the post was fixed and my comment was deleted…whats the deal:P

by the way…has anyone seen the movie basquiat? what do you think?

today i spotted that the author of this post had written his name jean-micheal basquiat…and i just wrote the correct spelling in the comments…when i came back later the post was fixed and my comment was deleted…whats the deal:P

today i spotted that the author of this post had written his name jean-micheal basquiat…and i just wrote the correct spelling in the comments…when i came back later the post was fixed and my comment was deleted…whats the deal:P

That last pic is gorgeous! I remember seeing his exhibit @ MOCA a few years ago. At the end, they showed a documentary on his life. I cried like a baby as I drove home that day. Definitely gone too soon, but we are blessed to have his spirit still with us thru his work.

That last pic is gorgeous! I remember seeing his exhibit @ MOCA a few years ago. At the end, they showed a documentary on his life. I cried like a baby as I drove home that day. Definitely gone too soon, but we are blessed to have his spirit still with us thru his work.

Why should they make tshirts of him? Haven’t most great artists of “our” generation been minimilized to screen prints on shirts with company logos strategically placed?! Reebok already bastardized him with those horrible basquait boppers or whatever they were called. While I’m all for artists getting the respect and due they deserve, sometimes I feel putting their work on streatwear shirts (as opposed to musuem gift shop shirts) degrades their work. Also, do you really think if Basquait were alive today he’d do a colab with the hundreds, huf, or whatever company? Anyway, I’m rambling. Oh, one last thing, these series of pictures were to show basquiats artistic process, not for a forum that he looks like kid cudi. Ps, if you squint really hard, georgia o’keef looks like lada gaga. Peace

Why should they make tshirts of him? Haven’t most great artists of “our” generation been minimilized to screen prints on shirts with company logos strategically placed?! Reebok already bastardized him with those horrible basquait boppers or whatever they were called. While I’m all for artists getting the respect and due they deserve, sometimes I feel putting their work on streatwear shirts (as opposed to musuem gift shop shirts) degrades their work. Also, do you really think if Basquait were alive today he’d do a colab with the hundreds, huf, or whatever company? Anyway, I’m rambling. Oh, one last thing, these series of pictures were to show basquiats artistic process, not for a forum that he looks like kid cudi. Ps, if you squint really hard, georgia o’keef looks like lada gaga. Peace

much respect, one of my favorite artists. rip

much respect, one of my favorite artists. rip

there should be more artists biting his style. LoL! If you suck at painting just imitate this dude!

there should be more artists biting his style. LoL! If you suck at painting just imitate this dude!

amazing photos!

amazing photos!

SAMO…..sweet..

SAMO…..sweet..

@ samuel yeh kid cudi looks alot like him

@ samuel yeh kid cudi looks alot like him

nah kid cudi looks like him.. but yeah man homey was a great artist let alone w/ graff

nah kid cudi looks like him.. but yeah man homey was a great artist let alone w/ graff

uniqlo came out w/ some collabo shirts a while back, last year i think, in honor of him. they were really nice, coped a few…fresh photos

uniqlo came out w/ some collabo shirts a while back, last year i think, in honor of him. they were really nice, coped a few…fresh photos

NICE !

NICE !

He was really dope….they should make basquiat t-shirts………………….and he looks like kid cudi.

He was really dope….they should make basquiat t-shirts………………….and he looks like kid cudi.