黑料不打烊

鈥� ..Though he is best known for his vibrantly colored figure paintings, language was in many ways his most constant medium... 鈥�

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High Museum of Art

鈥� ..Basquiat鈥檚 raw, vibrant imagery is matched by a star颅tling erudi颅tion, seen in the frag颅ments of bold, capi颅talised text that abound in his works... 鈥�

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Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt

鈥� ..Inspired as much by high art 鈥� Abstract Expressionism and Conceptualism 鈥� as by jazz, sports, comics, remix culture and graffiti, Basquiat translated the world around him into a provocative visual language... 鈥�

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AGO, Art Gallery of Ontario

鈥� ..A keen observer of history and the world around him, Basquiat communicated critiques of racism, capitalism, and social and economic injustice with deceptively childlike imagery and a sophisticated poetic... 鈥�

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High Museum of Art

鈥� ..By reading and rereading Basquiat鈥檚 work through various perspectives, we begin the process of understanding what this work meant to the artist when it was created and what it means today... 鈥�

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Museum of Art, Williams College