than Jacques Cousteau, the red-knit-cap-wearing, fishy-loving filmmaker who pioneered underwater photography. Through the use of documentary, Cousteau brought up from the deep whole new worlds unseen by the public until he entered the scene. Jacques-Yves Cousteau had a life-long affinity for water, even since childhood. Born on 1910, young Jacques always enjoyed swimming, and when he decided to go into the French armed forces at the age of 20, the Navy was the obvious choice (Cousteau Society). Great
A pioneer of the movement, and also the focus of this essay, is Jean-Michel Basquiat. His art referenced many famous artists and art pieces, from which he found inspiration. This inspiration was one of the features that made the movement
Jean Michel Basquiat Jean Michel Basquiat was in many ways an art hero. Risen from a seemingly grim and dark beginning, tagging a form of street poetry under the pseudonym SAMO meaning same old shit, he came out of the shadows of the underground punk scene in New York City. A Neo-Expressionist by nature Basquiat painted with a rough and aggressive style that in my opinion embodies the definition of Neo-expressionism; when looking through Jean Michel Basquiat’s works there is a strong sense of primitivism
Jean Michel Basquiat’s “Riddle Me This, Batman”, produced in 1987 is a Neo-Expressionist figurative painting (see fig. A.1). It was first shown in Paris’s Galerie Yvon Lambert. Two months after its debut, the piece exchanged hands several times, emerging briefly from private collections only to be snapped up at auction. Most recently, it was sold at a Sotheby’s auction for over six-million USD. Mark sagoff 119 Million dollar pieces were common in the 1980’s. During this time, the price of neo-expressionist
‘Most artists have critical and productive relationships with their culture’. The statement above can be considered through the art of Jean Michel Basquiat and Ai Wei Wei as they attempt to depict their own cultures. Both artists demonstrate this in a critical light in response to world events and issues through their art. This is reflected expressively through Jean Michel Basquiat’s “Per Capita” and Ai Wei Wei’s “A study in perspective”. The presence of social commentary to provoke thought is present
A man nicknamed “SAMO” becomes one of the greatest artists of all time! However, there is always a back story to people. His actual name was Jean-Michel Basquiat. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 22, 1960, into a diverse family. Basquiat’s parents were Puerto Rican and Haitian-American, and per an article from biography.com, they said that this diversity contributed to Basquiat’s inspiration. Another inspiration was his mother, being the one who motivated him as a child to continually pursue
Jean-Michel Basquiat was a prominent American artist who was known for using text in his works. In my essay I will analyse one of his artworks and comment on the role that intertextuality has in his artwork. I chose to analyse his work called Undiscovered Genius of Mississippi Delta a work which Jean-Michel created in 1983 the year of his birthday. Before I start on the art work and what intertextuality has to do with it I think it is important for me to give a little bit of background on Basquiat
Throughout the 1980’s, the graffiti scene was very familiar with the name “Basquiat.” Jean-Michel Basquiat is an American graffiti artist who was born in Brooklyn, New York. His artwork is mostly defined as neo-expressionism with a bit of primitivism. His medium was usually a combination of oils, acrylics and spray cans. One could look at Basquiat’s pieces and say they are as if a child scribbled on a canvas, but to me, there is more than that. I admire Basquiat not for what he is, but for what he
philanthropic elite. The value of a work is based in part by which wealthy patrons have owned or commissioned it, and the history of a canvas often becomes more important than the actual formal representation on it. The film Basquiat explores the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, a Haitian-Puerto Rican painting in New York City during the 1980s. Working closely with Andy Warhol, Basquiat was exploited for his unique “urban ghetto” graffiti and crude style of representation. Schnabel’s film further exploits this
their graffiti on. ``Art in the Street`` unrolled at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, California in 2011. This exhibit shows the works of U.S and international artists including Shepard Fairey, Margaret Kilgallen, Banksy, and JR. Jean Michel Basquiat's works are shown in a special gallery dedicated to 1980`s artists. In the last few decades, Graffiti art has even made its way into some of the most famous art galleries. People use graffiti as a way to express themselves and show their
and allegory” (Neo-Expressionism). Jean-Michel Basquiat, a well-known Neo-Expressionist painter, explored a multitude of themes that interested him. The most prevalent were issues on race, culture, and heritage. During his 27 years of life, he was able to accurately represent the everyday struggle of the average African-American male while reforming the art industry, defying and accepting stereotypes, and depicting touchy themes of race in his visual art. Jean-Michel Basquiat, of both Puerto Rican and
Artists have a knowledge of all the artists that preceding them, creating a visual vocabulary from the art that they have seen and understand. For Jean-Michel Basquiat, that knowledge translates into his work, despite never having formal training in an art school. It is his awareness and understanding of the culture that surrounds him that brings a layer of sophistication to his painting, setting it apart from street graffiti that has been painted on canvas. Basquiat’s Untitled (Julius Caesar on
Exploring Modern Day Artists: Jean- Michel Basquiat Jean- Michel Basquiat also known as SAMO, is an amazing and inspirational modern day artist known for his neo-expression graffiti and paintings which consist of distinctive symbols, diagrams and a series of imagery which symbolized his heritage, struggles through life, and a new youthful movement which inspired experimental artist to express themselves. Being the descendant of Haitian and Puerto Rican ancestry, Basquiat’s diverse culture is a
The essay opens up with McKibben talking about how the political campaign against global warming is flawed because at our current point there is nothing much that can be done to fix it.(Mckibben,1) He then goes to state that humans are the biggest culprit behind global warming and supports this by giving examples such as SUVs and American ignorance.(2,9) He concludes by saying that if ten percent of America were to go green, it still would not save the planet, but ten percent could get the government’s
elephants. As if that alone isn’t enough to prove that zoos are cruel and unfair, there are many professionals and experts who gravely look down upon zoos too. Delcianna Winders, director with the PETA foundation, said “Renowned oceanographer Jean-Michel Cousteau reported that... ... middle of paper ... ...s in Captivity?." The Independent (London, England). 26 Feb. 2010: 50. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 15 Apr. 2014. Rinaldi, Ray Mark. "You Can Unpack Your Trunk Here." Denver Post. 03 Jun. 2012: