Lucinda Ross - Graffiti sessions - Day 3

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