LIFE AND TIMES OF ARTIST Jean Michel Basquiat was born on December 22‚ 1960 in Brooklyn‚ New York. His father‚ Gerard Basquiat was born in Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti and his mother‚ Matilde Andradas was born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents. At an early age‚ Basquiat displayed an aptitude for art and was encouraged by his mother to draw‚ paint‚ and to participate in other art-related activities. In 1977‚ when he was 17‚ Basquiat and his friend Al Diaz started spray-painting graffiti art on slum
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wheelchair. Joseph‚ who was extremely attached to Robert‚ became his principal caretaker. . Artwork By collecting and carefully juxtaposing found objects in small‚ glass-front boxes‚ Cornell created visual poems in which surface‚ form‚ texture‚ and light play together. Using things we can see‚ Cornell made boxes about things we cannot see: ideas‚ memories‚ fantasies‚ and dreams. Turned everyday objects into mysterious treasures. In Homage to the Romantic Ballet‚ plastic ice cubes become jewels
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Baudrillard and Contemporary Artist Shannon McDonell Post Structuralism Diane Zeeuw December 6th‚ 2012 We live in the world of science fiction. With our ipods‚ iphones‚ tablets‚ laptops‚ etc. we have a vast amount of information on our finger tips. Through all of our online networks‚ blogs‚ websites‚ etc. we have a whole virtual world online. Baudrillard would term this as hyper reality where there is so much information exchanged that the foundation of our reality has changed. We
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Sherman Untitled (Self-Portrait of Marilyn Monroe) Francis Bacon Study after Velazquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X Willem Claesz Heda Still Life with Oysters‚ a Silver Tazza‚ and Glassware Paul Cezanne Still Life with Basket of Apples Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Cans Leonardo da Vinci Last Supper Janine Antoni Gnaw Austrian/Gravettian Venus of Willendorf Moche Pottery Depicting Sexual Intercourse Kitagawa Utamaro Pair of Lovers Titian Venus of Urbino Edouard Manet
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technique to use in commercial and advertisement. For this reason the Pop Art Movement (that was most popular in the 1950’s and 60’s) can also be seen as an excellent instance of appropriation‚ with the help of such artists as Clause Oldenberg‚ Andy Warhol‚ and Roy Lichenstein‚ who appropriated everyday items and made them into works of art. These artists believe that their works are like a form of homage to another artist. It is their way of learning more about the artists on how he works‚ operates
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a bisexual and was very open with his sexuality. Surprisingly‚ writers hardly wrote about his relationships with men‚ they only wrote about his relationships with women such and Madonna and Alex Adler. Basquiat and Warhol were collaborators but also secret‚ intimate lovers. When Warhol passed away‚ Basquiat went into a deep depression that caused him to increase his use of heroin. Basquiat struggles many years with his addiction with Heroin‚ but he was very private and secretive about it due to the
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Pop Art Movement The art movement I have chosen to study is Pop Art‚ before I decided on the movement of my choice I looked at other movements such as Impressionism and Surrealism. Both of these movements had their own unique qualities however‚ I found Pop Art very intriguing and wanted to look further into the movement. I have looked into the background and context‚ the key players and their work‚ the themes and styles associated with Pop Art as well as the reaction to the movement. Pop art
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Two exhibitions‚ both held during October 2012‚ will form the bases of this comparative essay. Chanel’s fashion photography exhibition entitled ‘The Little Black Jacket: Chanel’s Classic Revisited’ held at the Saatchi Gallery 12th October - 4th November 2012‚ and Vermibus’ display of appropriated adverts called ‘Unmasking Kate’ shown at the Moniker Arts Fair 11th -14th October 2012 will be used to explore the links each exhibition has to the themes of advertising and celebrity. ‘The Little Black
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Encyclopedia 2009 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Hapgood‚ Susan & Berger‚ Maurice. Neo-Dada: redefining art 1958-62. Scottsdale Center for the Arts 1994 Michelson‚ Annette‚ Buchloh‚ B. H. D. (eds) Andy Warhol (October Files)‚ MIT Press‚ 2001
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ART HISTORY ASSIGNMENT 8 Part I American abstraction emerged from the background of Regionalism and Social Realism in the middle 1930’s.(1) The development and characteristics of Abstract Expressionism began with the Surrealist phase in which artists took an interest in myths and dream and in effect‚ unconscious creativity. From Expressionism‚ artists gained a passion for the “expressive qualities of paint.”(1) From Surrealism and Expressionism‚ Abstract Expressionism was born
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