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Jean-Michel #Basquiat was an American #artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent whose art served as a social commentary on the vast racial and social divisions in American culture. 1/7
#BlackHistoryMonth
Image Copyright: Lee Jaffe/Getty Images
#BlackHistoryMonth
Image Copyright: Lee Jaffe/Getty Images
As an artist, Basquiat broke cultural and professional barriers to become one of the first contemporary famous #Black artists. His work challenged western histories while broadening the field. His work portrays the importance of self-expression as a form of self-preservation. 2/7
Hervé Télémaque’s poetic dissection of a busy Basquiat drawing appears in the article Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Expressive Force of Blackness @MoMA publication "Among Others: Blackness at MoMA". 3/7 https://twitter.com/MuseumModernArt/status/1353757271411535872?s=20
Before becoming a highly sought-after artist, Basquiat was a #graffiti artist whose form of visual communication contributed to the character of neighbourhoods across #NYC. 5/7
#Black and #Latinx youth popularized this “illegal” art form which continues to inspire artists of diverse identities to challenge social injustices. 6/7
Over the summer, 40+ artists from #Toronto and #Montreal participated in a “graffiti jam” in Toronto’s Graffiti Alley for what organizers called “Paint the City Black” in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement: https://www.blogto.com/arts/2020/06/graffiti-alley-toronto-black-lives-matter/ @blogto 7/7
movement: https://www.blogto.com/arts/2020/06/graffiti-alley-toronto-black-lives-matter/ @blogto 7/7
