[txt] Jean Michel Basquiat – (1960-1988) American Artist
What identifies Jean-Michel Basquiat as a major artist is courage and full powers of self-transformation. That courage, meaning not being afraid to fail, transforms paralyzingly self-conscious ‘predicaments of culture’ into confident ‘ecstasies of cultures recombined.’ He had the guts, what is more, to confront New York art challenge number one: can you transform self and heritage into something new and named?
Robert Farris Thompson
[link] Street to Studio: The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat
[img] Milan Suburb: Nobody – oddtag on flickr
