Untitled (boxer)1982 J.M.B Dollar Sign (1981) A.W Untitled Skull 1981 J.M.B. Mao (1973)
After reviewing the two artists Andy Warhol and Jean Michael Basquiat there worked was very interesting to look at. When it comes to art the first then you are going to do is judge the piece of art. By judging the work, you are most likely using your eyes. When it comes to Jean-Michel Basquiat he uses a lot of themes in his artwork. I noticed that Jeans work has a lot to do race, religion and self-identity. “A common theme in nearly all of Basquiat’s works are the ideas finding one’s self and defining individual values while breaking social conventions.” (Art, Identity, and Culture). Jean is not a normal artist and he is very different when creating his paintings. After reviewing Andy Warhol artwork, you see that he is a type of person that has realistic portraits. Some themes that Andy introduces in his artwork is identity, money, death and time. Andy and Jean have similar themes when it comes to their artwork.
Some influences that Andy have on his work is that he changed the American Pop culture. His experience and expertise in commercial art really inspired him to do much more. Something that influenced Jean Michel Basquiat was his childhood. Back then, Jean’s mother suffered from mental illness and his father believed in corporal punishment. Jean had a tragic childhood as a child and that made him want to start doing art because he wanted to put all his problems into art. When it came to Andy growing up, he had a fatal disease. He was on his death bed at the age of 8 years old. Some subjects that is present in his artwork is death. I believe his portraits has to deal with death because he almost died as a child. When Jean was growing up, he started involving himself with drugs. At the age of 17 he dropped out of school and went to the streets. He was a party animal during that time, and nobody could stop him.
One day Jean went to a club where he met Diego Cortez and after that day his life changed. Jeans work has a lot to do with race. “As a young black man living in New York in the 1980s, he turned to his art to criticize the histories of colonialism and racism pertaining to African Americans.” Jean wanted to explain what was happening in the world at the time. Andy became very successful in the 1970’s through the 1980’s. His work became very synonymous in the 1960’s in Bohemia. Jean accomplished a lot through the 1980s by making it big! The materials that Andy were a silkscreen printing to create some of the portraits he. made. Andy had the option to create his portraits by reproducing images in the public eye. He also had the ability to produce multiple versions of his paintings. Jean got his material from books and also pieces of work that he found on the streets. He used them well in his paintings because it described his themes in his portraits. For both artist the materials meant a lot to them because they had multiple ideas when it came to creating the portraits.
Quote:
1. “The Basic ingredients of easy sociality are trusted and predictability” (page 77)
2. “Every social gesture is potentially ambiguous” (page 84)
Work Cited
Art, identity, and culture. (n.d.). Retrieved March 23, 2021, from https://reinterpellations.web.unc.edu/about/basquiats-devil/basquiats-devil-essay/#:~:text=As%20a%20result%20of%20his,values%20while%20breaking%20social%20conventions.
The short but influential life Of Jean-Michel Basquiat. (n.d.). Retrieved March 23, 2021, from https://www.artfinder.com/blog/post/basquiat/#
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