“I’m an artist. When you tell people that they usually say, ‘what’s your medium?’ I usually say, ‘extra large.” -JMB
Today marks the 21st anniversary of Jean-Michel Basquiat‘s death, and as morbid of a first sentence for a blog post as that is, let’s instead remember this phenomenal painter/poet/musician for teaching us that this planet is our playground. Mispell your words. Walk vertically. Mix your genres. Make your medium extra large.
[In Italian, 1983]
[Sense títol, 1983]
[Poison, 1984 (collaboration with Andy Warhol]
Speaking of Basquiat’s influences, if you’re in NYC this week check out our homie Fahamu Pecou‘s interactive art gallery The Fak’try, where Ruby will be present in all her glamourbabiness! More info at her blog.
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1 miss.lee // Aug 12, 2009 at 10:27 pm
big basquiat fan.
2 iLL-Literacy // Sep 10, 2009 at 9:16 am
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