CHILDHOOD ● H e was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. ● H e was hit by a car in ● H e had to do a spleen surgery ● H er mother offered him a book about human anatomy which really influenced him. = rate(organe) spleen

Teenage days ● W hen he was sixteen years old, he ran away from his house. ● H e lived in a park for two weeks... Washington square.

SAMO ! ● Basquiat met Al Diaz and they became friends. ● They invented SAMO together ● SAMO is the contraction of Same Old Shit

● B asquiat went to the Mudd club, a very famous nightclub in the 70s ● H e met future stars, like Madonna ● H e understood that he wouldn't be famous with graffiti Almost famous met : rencontrer ( au prétérit )

Not like the other artists ! ● Basquiat never went to an art school. He was considered as an autodidact. ● He invented an artistic style: bad painting. Autoditact : It's a person who has learned by himself !

What are his technics ? And Materials ? A t his start, he used industrual painting and spray print. B ut the thing which distinguished him from others artists Was that he painted on various support (wood, fridges, palissades) spray print Basquiat's fridge

After he became rich, he used materials like: Color pencils Oil paint Oil pastel Canvas Acrylic Paint

His Inspiration His inspiration Basquiat loved art, sports, popular culture, and music. All those things influenced him and his way of painting.

Basquiat tries to express in his paintings feelings and concerns. - His feeling of rebellion against the situation of black people in the U.S. - His passion for music - His fear of death

Jazz ● Basquiat liked to paint while he was listening to jazz. It was another source of inspiration for him. Miles Davis

!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !! ● During a trip in Venisia, Basquiat fell in love with the music of Maria Callas. ● It was an other source of inspiration for him. ● The ''ha ha ha ha'' that we can see in this painting represent Maria Callas's voice that he was listening to when he painted.

Basquiat and boxers Basquiat admired black boxers like Cassius Clay (Mohamed Ali), Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson Here, the character is a boxer: he has got boxing gloves. He is the winner. His expression is scary, the red color on his body appears to be blood. All brush strokes and the lines bring up the violence and the movement. The boxer takes up all the painting to prove that he is huge and strong. Brush strokes: coups de pinceau Take up: occuper

He loved baseball, especially the famous player Hank Aaron and all the athletes he represented on this painting.

We can notice that a lot of famous sporstmen and musicians were often black. Basquiat was proud of his origins.He will be the first famous black artist in the USA in a country still affected by racism.

Leonardo Da Vinci and Picasso Basquiat followed two great masters of painting: ● Leonardo Da Vinci, especially for his anatomy studies. ● Pablo Picasso, this genius who revolutionized modern art. ● Picasso said, «I spent all my life learning how to draw like a child.» ● This painting is an « artistic quote», Mona Lisa... by Basquiat!

C omics, film, ads,....voodoo sorcerers ! Basqu i at m i xed com i cs characters, mov i es, ads, th i ngs, words i nsp i red by modern l i fe and popular culture... voodoo...and the voodoo culture i nher i ted from h i s Haitian father. Voodoo: vaudou Ads: la pub'

W as he alone for the creation of his paintings ? Yes and No:He was an autodidact, but he met a lot of celebrities from New York, which was the center of the art world in this time (since 1950). Let's talk about his friends !

They met in 1978, their first meeting lasted only a few minutes, in a restaurant in Soho. Then five years later, they were really introduced to each other. They will produce sixty paintings together. The « art » of Warhol is diverse, but always smooth and consistent, almost cold but Basquiat reflected passion, anger and a jumble of contradictory ideas. Meeting : rencontre Smooth : lisse Jumble : fouillis Anger: la colère

Keith Haring was an artist born in May 1958, in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was, like Basquiat a hudge idol of the 80s. Keith was really close with Basquiat, and he was more than an inspiration for him. He was one of his best friends.

First exhibition ● Basquiat took part in the ''New York New Wave'' exhibition in 1981 at MoMA. ● He attracted attention because of his paintings looked like the work of a child. ● He moved away from his graffiti and he affirmed his identity as a painter.

« Arroz con Pollo » 1981

« Untitled (Fallen Angel) », 1981

The artist trying to express inner feelings strong and often violent. EXPRESSIONISM ART « The Scream » Edvard Munch, 1893

Abstract painting Artists interested in: ● color harmony ● the emergence of non- real forms ● gestures unusual for a painter Untitled Mandala, Sam Francis, 1975 Emergence : Apparition

POP ARTPOP ART Pop artists like: ● figures of celebrities, comics, advertising, popular culture. ● The bright colors of the consumer society.

« Arm & Hammer » Andy Warhol & Jean-Michel Basquiat

ART BRUT Draw like a CHILD. « Dhotel nuance d’abricot » Jean Dubuffet

DRIPS TINT AREA BRUSHED PAINT ( = Aplat ) ( = Peinture Brossée ) ( = Coulures )

● He worked both as a real painter playing with colors but in a childish style. ● It was not new ideas ! But Basquiat had a style: bad painting. ● - Rich and surprising color harmonies ● - A violent way of brush painting ● - Make drips ● - Mix patterns : subjects, words ● - Tell stories ● - Draw so clumsy, simplified and very expressive ● - Working on very large formats What's bad painting ? : summary Patterns : motifsClumsy : maladroit