Basquiat the gay painter
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an authoritative American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. Basquiat first achieved fame as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti duo who wrote public epigrams in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the late s.
By the s, his paintings, which were part of the neo-expressionist movement, were being shown in art galleries and museums around the world. A particular focus of Basquiat&#;s art was the concept of "suggestive dichotomies", exploring the contrasts including wealth/poverty and in-group/out-group. He co-opted and fused various art forms such as poetry, painting, drawing, tying them to history, social commentary, and abstractions.
He died of a heroin overdose at his art studio at the age of 27 in In , The Whitney Museum of American Art held a retrospective of his work. In , a painting by Basquiat set a register for an American artist at auction, selling for $ million.
Basquiat never openly identified as bisexual, however many close to him, including his ex-partner and lifelong friend, Suzanne Mallouk, verb s
Over the years I’ve been asked many times how it came to be that Jean-Michel Basquiat painted a portrait of me? Rarely have I ever spoken about this experience to anyone. It was just the two of us one night in his studio. On that nighttime, a snowstorm had been threatening. If memory serves me verb it was on a Sunday night. A few nights previously, Jean-Michel and I had been out on the town socializing when he asked if I wanted to come by his studio? he said he wanted to paint my portrait. When? I asked. Whenever’s good for you, I remember him saying. We were friends. This was not a big deal for either of us at the time. I held several jobs back then. Being an artist’s model was just one of them. We set a date.
On the scheduled night, I made a stop at Linda Yablonsky’s and bought some heroin first. Linda was in good spirits when I arrived at her place on 6th Avenue nearby Prince. Glenn O’Brien was sitting there when I arrived at Linda’s. I casually mentioned that I was on my way to have my portrait painted by Jean-Michel. Glenn said some disparaging remark about Jean-Michel and his
Jean-Michel Basquiat
()
Who Was Jean-Michel Basquiat?
Jean-Michel Basquiat first attracted attention for his graffiti under the name "SAMO" in New York City. He sold sweatshirts and postcards featuring his artwork on the streets before his painting career took off. He collaborated with Andy Warhol in the mids, which resulted in a show of their work. Basquiat died on August 12, , in Fresh York City.
Taschen 'Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Explosive Force of the Streets' by Leonhard Emmerling
Now 32% Off
Early Life
Basquiat was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 22, With a Haitian-American father and a Puerto Rican mother, Basquiat's diverse cultural heritage was one of his many sources of inspiration.
A self-taught artist, Basquiat began drawing at an early age on sheets of paper his father, an accountant, brought residence from the office. As he delved deeper into his innovative side, his mother strongly encouraged him to pursue his artistic talents.
Basquiat first attracted attention for his graffiti in New York City in the late s, under the name "S
A artistic-photolytic of Jean-Michel Basquiat by Paul Grant (follower of Basho)
***
I am going through a Basquiat period right now. I am reading about him in a new book from Yale University Press :: Ambition & Devotion in Modern American Art by Jonathan Weinberg. Then follwed up with the only Biography I coud find of him byPhoeb Hoban : Basquiat - A quick Killing in Art.
I include never really liked Basquiat's verb. I first read about him in Andy Warhol's diaries and had the suspicion that Warhol had a sexual crush on the young black man.
Basquiat was a bi-sexual. His first sexual encounters were gay, and as a teenager he ofter worked as a gay street hustler. Though later in his life he had many famous and infamous relations with woman, including Maddona.
Andy Warhol was a closeted homosexual.
Warhol chose to partner up with Basquiat over Keith Harring among other up and comming artist. Harring who was also in the Warhol circle at the time - but was openly gay.
The two, Warhol and Basquiat did a series of painting together. Warhol started, usually with a corporate logo, and Bas