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Jean-Michel Basquiat & Ouattara Watts: A Distant Conversation
Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ouattara Watts: A Distant Conversation represents the final chapter in the Currier鈥檚 ongoing series of 鈥淒istant Conversations,鈥� pairing the works by artists who share artistic and intellectual affinities across time and space.
The exhibition brings together six artworks by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960鈥�1988), one of the most celebrated and influential artists of his generation, and seven large canvases by New York鈥揵ased Ivorian painter Ouattara Watts (b. 1958). The two artists first met in 1988 at the opening of Basquiat鈥檚 solo show at Yvon Lambert Gallery in Paris, which was held only seven months prior to his death. Following this first encounter, the two artists quickly established a strong intellectual connection and artistic partnership.
Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ouattara Watts: A Distant Conversation imagines how their artistic alliance and mutual influence could have evolved over time and demonstrates how, despite Basquiat鈥檚 untimely death, their dialogue and spiritual exchange have effectively continued.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ouattara Watts: A Distant Conversation represents the final chapter in the Currier鈥檚 ongoing series of 鈥淒istant Conversations,鈥� pairing the works by artists who share artistic and intellectual affinities across time and space.
The exhibition brings together six artworks by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960鈥�1988), one of the most celebrated and influential artists of his generation, and seven large canvases by New York鈥揵ased Ivorian painter Ouattara Watts (b. 1958). The two artists first met in 1988 at the opening of Basquiat鈥檚 solo show at Yvon Lambert Gallery in Paris, which was held only seven months prior to his death. Following this first encounter, the two artists quickly established a strong intellectual connection and artistic partnership.
Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ouattara Watts: A Distant Conversation imagines how their artistic alliance and mutual influence could have evolved over time and demonstrates how, despite Basquiat鈥檚 untimely death, their dialogue and spiritual exchange have effectively continued.
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