Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) (excerpt)

[2534622]

he looks like kid cudi

[filotheaaa]

His drug addiction helped him make his art, so his art killed him. Without heroin, I don't believe he would've been the same.

[repelghosts]

No I located Dee and he will purchase one of Jean Michel's works from me but I really want to sell the little canvas work....a great jazz music inspired painting...Email me J within the next day or two....all I hear from is 'wannabes'...Wating ...J

[flickerman68]

Miller was such a fucking dick. 

[flickerman68]

He was in fact 27 when he died.

[BEAUstreetart]

beauart.weebly.com



[KatieW1000]

@zadeh79...he's actually pretty amazing,so influencial..thats my opinion...and nobody really agrees with you

[zadeh79]

Basquiat is trash

[KatieW1000]

zadeh79 HE'S SAVAGE,RI?GO CLEAN THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH

[zadeh79]

@KatieW1000 He's garbage!

[brothermongrel]

seriously fuck kid cuddi

[repelghosts]

Email me Dee I am selling off the last works I purchased from Jean Michel...email me as soon as poss...o.k.? not on y.tube...they require a loving home...

[FREEDOM3517]

Basquiat will only grow in his importance to the mysterious world,,,which is art. Basquiat painted for that 1% of 1% that were capable of overstanding. He was shy and quiet, becuz he lived IN the world of his own invention. What people don' overstand is that artists don't see the world/orANYTHING the same way as other's. He was greatly loved,,,,yet the world can be cruel....Born with a gift, which nobody understood and it is no wonder he became lonely. This is the bane of all artists. LOVEUB

[zadeh79]

People have to stop justifying the scribbles of this junkie, as notable artwork. Basquiat is a joke. "Amateurish", would be a compliment. It's the worst of the worst. It's juvenile. And it, generally, only appeals to the smallest minority of the populace, whom can relate to him racially and economically. God, his stuff was bad, and not only in the sense of opinions. He was a man who's only novelty came in emulating typical toddler art, one can find scattered on a refrigerator.

[TheCage32]

@zadeh79 Sounds like someone's a little jealous.

[dottywhips]

@TheCage32 Yeah, you know this is a common response by armchair critics who know nothing about "living art." He was smarter and more articulate verbally and artistically than 99% of critics at the time and this still holds true. Observe the idiot interviewing him - its amazing to see the whole interview because you can see the guy trying to belittle JMB's art through racist comments similar to zadeh79's.

[antoineen]

@zadeh79 Haha, one sad ass viewer. Sad you never made it son.

[KeyMaker7]

Same az it ever was ? UniVersal Keymaker

[gotFunk1]

This man played dumb all the time. If you study him you know how much his art drips with commentary

[Babenne]

Great piece, but that bell in the "musical score" is annoying (hard to ignore).

[SolxMedia]

Dashizwiz looks like him. Type it in the youtube bar.

[repelghosts]

No K I have 3 or 4 drawings by jean michel still hanging around...if you want them plz email me asap...as i have a few ads on ebay for my picasso and lichtenstein drawing..all papers etc. you cant lose...email me K

[flickerman68]

Worst interviewer in history

[mahound9]

When you see these interviews with him you can see how Jeffery Wright NAILED him in Basquiat. He got his mannerisms down PERFECT.

[ThwompKid]

@mahound9 Great actor.

[devilcarmusic]

@mahound9 I first saw the movie back in 96' when i was 16 and didnt know anything about JMB. Since then ive loved his art, but not until recently did i see any interviews and OMFG did Jeffery Wright NAIL that shit or what? Master acting performance!

[rwm89]

"baskiatt"?......nice pronunciation...

[binloveds]

I wish they could have paid 14 million for a painting while he was still alive. Then, maybe he could have gotten any help he needed for the drug addiction. I know someone will want to say that 14 mill would have killed him quicker, but I don't think so, I think 14 million would have been just what he needed.

[Whatever3114]

The picture is : a hobo street person on drugs whose life is a mix of tragedy and abandon, he does graffittis and includes text... The text being he novelty. Friends, the night clubs a chance meet win up and coming Madona... Then, Andy...then, success and the who's who of NY who know squat about art but know a lot about creating a prodigy a artstar popstar, then, the perfect end drugs...aids ... The cruel death of the crowned prince of New York, then...the yuppy traders the Geekos of the day an

[Sukkie69er]

find a way, release the beast, can't imagine, the hidden treats, for all of those, thoughts about, inner beings, loud they shout, dream, a thousand dreams, what do you say, Basquiat he screams, hear, my mind lays down, a symphony, of silent sound.......balaclava poet

[Lilangrykid]

Kid Cudi's little buddy!

[anandkia]

this music is creepy as fuck.

[ROSECROIX21]

バスキア大好きです。短い生涯を激しく燃焼した本物のアーティス­トです！

[MissyMya96]

JM Basquiat in painting

Eminem in rap

Marilyn Monroe in popularity

[zadeh79]

People have to stop justifying the scribbles of this junkie, as notable artwork. Basquiat is a joke. "Amateurish", would be a compliment. It's the worst of the worst. It's juvenile. And it, generally, only appeals to the smallest minority of the populace, whom can relate to him racially and economically. God, his stuff was bad, and not only in the sense of opinions. He was a man who's only novelty came in emulating typical toddler art, one can find scattered on a refrigerator.

[Manwithcam]

@zadeh79 True the work became repetitive and produced solely for money, but his early work often has the spark of genuine artistic mastery. It's subtle, but if you know art, you can see it. He was basically blending late expressionism with Twombly. But I admit, it got old fast. Quite a few of the works DO stand the test of time though, and manage to stick out in art history in a big (good) way. This is all the worthless opinion of one individual, but I want to defend Basquiat here.

[zadeh79]

Basquiat was nothing but hyped junkie.

[obaidCarkey]

@zadeh79

his paintings are fetching 5 million dollars a piece right now!

[pooshoes100]

does kid cudi know about this? reincarnation?

[laprop]

@pooshoes100 Yes. He has him in his video Ghost. I thought it was Cudi's little brother or something. Until the comments revealed it was Jean-Michel.

[mindheartspirit]

art can be wash away and painted in blood love you away you wont remember we wont forget

[amaximc]

His paintings were not influential. People love to love crap. Others took his work too serious, he didn't even take his work seriously. I'm not a hater. I'm a lover

[ACLA551C]

Swizz Beatz sent me here

[mrmillion94]

dont wanna be rude but how was his painting influential?

[SunbeltRyders]

Those bells at the end are freaky as hell

[priscillote]

@SunbeltRyders i know i was looking for the name of the song!

[kapitbahayTV]

they should do another movie about this kid, kid cuddi would play him good, they look exactly alike and they also have the same voice.

[MRTTVD]

@kapitbahayTV haha, thats so true!

[ewbabies1]

@kapitbahayTV that'd be righteous.

[bubbagiznits]

@kapitbahayTV lol dude i was just about to write that until i saw your comment lmao

[MrSirsilvio]

@kapitbahayTV i just noticed that tonight after watching The radiant child

[ChildrenOfInfidelity]

@kapitbahayTV ...Holy fuck, you're right.

[skullcandyman1]

@kapitbahayTV are you kidding me

[777louisdeal]

@kapitbahayTV your sooooo right, you just mind fucked me bro lol

[TheDallyLama]

@kapitbahayTV the first one is good enough

[innertubevideo]

What does that mean? Comment seems so arbitrary and obtuse. I mean really!

[albatrosintheclouds]

this seems so anachronic, his work is so modern compared to the video quality

[drunkblackout27]

love

[drunkblackout27]

love

[91000Barnabys]

Such an influential painter.