Radiant Child Obscures Dark Side-Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Author: Goddard, Peter Publication info: Toronto Star [Toronto, Ont] 03 Oct 2010: E.7. ProQuest document link Abstract (Abstract): First there 's music. [Tamra Davis] 's [Jean-Michel Basquiat] is at its best as it reflects the artist 's own instinctive response to the very best of musicians from Charlie Parker to Jimi Hendrix and in the way he transposed their intelligent funk to his canvases. Michel Basquiat - hardly innovative but well made - can brag of having the soundtrack of the year. Another [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] comparison is far more important. By the time Mozart died, aged 35, of various health complications in 1791, he 'd completed some 600 works, most of which occupy a place at the very pinnacle of classical music. "If (Basquiat) wanted to charm you he could be one of the most charming boys you 'd meet," says Davis, an American filmmaker with a rather lowbrow resume (Billy Madison, Half Baked) who first met Basquiat in the '80s when she was working in a Los Angeles gallery. Links: Linking Service Full text: Born into a well-off family with a domineering father, the genius child showed extraordinary promise from age 4. By his early 20s his good looks, quick wits and extraordinary artistic elan were already familiar to rich patrons and the
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Radiant Child obscures dark side
Author: Goddard, Peter Publication info: Toronto Star [Toronto, Ont] 03 Oct 2010: E.7. ProQuest document link Abstract (Abstract): First there 's music. [Tamra Davis] 's [Jean-Michel Basquiat] is at its best as it reflects the artist 's own instinctive response to the very best of musicians from Charlie Parker to Jimi Hendrix and in the way he transposed their intelligent funk to his canvases. Michel Basquiat - hardly innovative but well made - can brag of having the soundtrack of the year. Another [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] comparison is far more important. By the time Mozart died, aged 35, of various health complications in 1791, he 'd completed some 600 works, most of which occupy a place at the very pinnacle of classical music. "If (Basquiat) wanted to charm you he could be one of the most charming boys you 'd meet," says Davis, an American filmmaker with a rather lowbrow resume (Billy Madison, Half Baked) who first met Basquiat in the '80s when she was working in a Los Angeles gallery. Links: Linking Service Full text: Born into a well-off family with a domineering father, the genius child showed extraordinary promise from age 4. By his early 20s his good looks, quick wits and extraordinary artistic elan were already familiar to rich patrons and the
Bibliography: Citation style: APA 6th - American Psychological Association, 6th Edition Goddard, P. (2010, Oct 03). Radiant child obscures dark side. Toronto Star. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/756145066?accountid=27937 _______________________________________________________________ Contact ProQuest Copyright © 2012 ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. - Terms and Conditions 03 September 2013 Page 3 of 3 ProQuest