http://shanghaiist.com/2006/03/25/jeanmichel_baqu.php All comments for Jean-Michel Basquiat at Duolun MoMA en-us 2009 shang_kenneth Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:13 +0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss kenneth@shanghaiist.com kenneth@shanghaiist.com 60 http://shanghaiist.com/2006/03/25/jeanmichel_baqu.php#comment-205086 http://shanghaiist.com/2006/03/25/jeanmichel_baqu.php#comment-205086 Comments Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:17:46 +0800 <p>Gothamist has posted a video of Basquiat tagging in NYC. It's from a film called Downtown 81. And here is another one: A young Basquiat gets "interviewed" on a cable access show called TV Party.</p> http://shanghaiist.com/2006/03/25/jeanmichel_baqu.php#comment-205078 http://shanghaiist.com/2006/03/25/jeanmichel_baqu.php#comment-205078 Comments Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:13:10 +0800 <p>Some of Basqiat's paintings are good (not great), but it's only decorative art really. Unfortunately, only two of the drawings on show here are any good at all, and the vast majority are awful. The earlier works are particularly embarrassing. It makes me wonder how strong an influence Warhol was on the young graffiti artist.</p> http://shanghaiist.com/2006/03/25/jeanmichel_baqu.php#comment-205069 http://shanghaiist.com/2006/03/25/jeanmichel_baqu.php#comment-205069 Comments Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:51:17 +0800 <p>I completely agree with Mark Vallen. This 'art' fails at what it aims at, and is neither pleasant to look or nor deep in meaning. A mess of paint, incoherently about black people interpreted by yuppies.</p>