Graffi& and the Poli&cs of Racialisa&on in the Art of Jean-‐Michel Basquiat 1978 -‐ ‘88
Jean-‐Michel Basquiat wri3ng SAMO© graffi3 1980, New York
Downtown 81, 2001
SAMO© graffi3, 1978-‐’80. New York City Photo: Henry Flynt [Online] hOp://www.henryflynt.org/overviews/samo.htm
New Art, New Money
NY Times magazine, February 10, 1985
Noc 167, Style Wars, 1981, whole car, New York City subway.
Photo: Henry Chalfant, Subway Art: Street Graphics/Street Art, London: Thames & Hudson, 2009
Jean-‐Michel Basquiat, Crowns (Peso Neto) 1981
Acrylic, oil paints3ck and paper collage on canvas, 82.9 x 238.8 cm. Private collec3on
Jean-‐Michel Basquiat, Per Capita, 1981
Acrylic and oil paints3ck on canvas, 203 x 381cm.
The Peter Brandt Founda3on, Greenwich, Connec3cut.
Jean-‐Michel Basquiat, The Death of Michael Stewart, 1983 Acrylic and ink on wallboard panel, 20 x 30.5 inches. Private collec3on
Basquiat, Pegasus, 1987
Acrylic, oils3ck, graphite and coloured pencil on paper mounted on canvas. 80 x 90 ins. Private collec3on
Jean-‐Michel Basquiat, Eroica II, 1988
Acrylic and oils3ck on paper mounted on canvas 90 ½ x 88 ¾ ins. Private collec3on
‘ I think there are a lot of people who are neglected in art, I don’t know if it’s who made the painIngs or what, but I know black people are never really portrayed realisIcally, or they’re not, they’re not even portrayed in modern art at all. Just for a change you know... Jean-‐Michel Basquiat, 1986