Basquiat x Banksy
Basquiat 脳 Banksy is an exhibition of two major paintings, one by Jean-Michel Basquiat (b. Brooklyn, New York, 1960鈥�1988) and the other by Banksy (anonymous; b. near Bristol, England). Placed in dialogue, Basquiat鈥檚 Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump (1982) and Banksy鈥檚 response, Banksquiat. Boy and Dog in Stop and Search (2018) reveal throughlines among street art, contemporary art, and the popular imagination.
Basquiat 脳 Banksy marks the first time that artwork by either artist has been presented at the nation鈥檚 museum of modern and contemporary art. The exhibition also includes 20 small works on paper and wood from the collection of Larry Warsh that were made by Basquiat between 1979 and 1985 and demonstrate the artist鈥檚 deep familiarity with art history, his use of language, and his signature motifs, such as skulls and crowns. The film Downtown 81 (shot in 1980鈥�1981 and released in 2000), a send-up of the denizens of Manhattan鈥檚 鈥�80s avant-garde that stars Basquiat as a struggling artist named 鈥淛ean,鈥� will also be on view.
Accompanying public programs will include a free hourlong lecture by Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University and a distinguished scholar of African American art and art of the African diaspora, at 6:30 PM on Oct. 10 in the Hirshhorn鈥檚 Ring Auditorium. Advance registration for this free program will be required.
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Basquiat 脳 Banksy is an exhibition of two major paintings, one by Jean-Michel Basquiat (b. Brooklyn, New York, 1960鈥�1988) and the other by Banksy (anonymous; b. near Bristol, England). Placed in dialogue, Basquiat鈥檚 Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump (1982) and Banksy鈥檚 response, Banksquiat. Boy and Dog in Stop and Search (2018) reveal throughlines among street art, contemporary art, and the popular imagination.
Basquiat 脳 Banksy marks the first time that artwork by either artist has been presented at the nation鈥檚 museum of modern and contemporary art. The exhibition also includes 20 small works on paper and wood from the collection of Larry Warsh that were made by Basquiat between 1979 and 1985 and demonstrate the artist鈥檚 deep familiarity with art history, his use of language, and his signature motifs, such as skulls and crowns. The film Downtown 81 (shot in 1980鈥�1981 and released in 2000), a send-up of the denizens of Manhattan鈥檚 鈥�80s avant-garde that stars Basquiat as a struggling artist named 鈥淛ean,鈥� will also be on view.
Accompanying public programs will include a free hourlong lecture by Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University and a distinguished scholar of African American art and art of the African diaspora, at 6:30 PM on Oct. 10 in the Hirshhorn鈥檚 Ring Auditorium. Advance registration for this free program will be required.
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