tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post8225139954421954032..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: A plaque now marks where Basquiat lived and worked on Great Jones StreetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-54522753896706805682016-07-17T12:51:01.792-04:002016-07-17T12:51:01.792-04:00@ 2:30
Yes, I think his work is brilliant and har...@ 2:30<br /><br />Yes, I think his work is brilliant and harrowing. Eye of the beholder.<br /><br /><br />JQ LLCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-77242272605166158982016-07-16T14:30:40.079-04:002016-07-16T14:30:40.079-04:00"Harrowing brilliant work"?
When'..."Harrowing brilliant work"? <br /><br />When's the fatal comet strike supposed to happen? Anyone know? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-58015789746862375332016-07-15T22:34:41.411-04:002016-07-15T22:34:41.411-04:00@ 3:42
There was a biopic on Basquiat starring Je...@ 3:42<br /><br />There was a biopic on Basquiat starring Jeremy Wright and one of the final scenes in the film is when he was riding his bike on the street smoking a joint (I think), it might have been a homage. The movie is kinda lame but it has choice scenes and interesting performances. Like David Bowie as Warhol (when he meets Jean in a cafe) and Courtney Love as Madonna, who he was banging before she became huge.<br /><br />There was a lot of anger in his paintings. Really reflective of the bad old days. He was kind of like an empath, channelling all the strife of being poor and black in those paintings. And he was quite the poet too. Samo and all those wall spanning quotes preceded Bansky and was probably considered by the city as a scourge as the rest of graffiti but now is considered "street art", which is now being exploited by predatory developers and rapacious slumlords as a cudgel to raise rents and drive out the working poor and middle class. (re: Jerkface, I think that's the hack's name)<br /><br />30 years after his overdose, This isn't SAMO, it's a whole new level of shit. And the bad days have clearly returned.<br /><br />What I find even more disturbing is the value of his harrowing brilliant work, selling for more than a quarter BILLION dollars. When it should be at museums full time, not the occasional exhibition.<br /><br />It's good that he got a plaque though. Way overdue<br />JQ LLCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-42909418031203550142016-07-14T18:05:07.727-04:002016-07-14T18:05:07.727-04:00Anonymous at 3:54. What would he think? Driving b...Anonymous at 3:54. What would he think? Driving by on his citibike NOTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-81894252056119146162016-07-14T15:54:01.486-04:002016-07-14T15:54:01.486-04:00Son of Basquiat. Or maybe he is just coming back f...Son of Basquiat. Or maybe he is just coming back for a look around. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-25400827166128131172016-07-14T15:51:05.458-04:002016-07-14T15:51:05.458-04:00BASQUIAT edited by Marc Mayer. A must have for any...BASQUIAT edited by Marc Mayer. A must have for anyone who loved him and admired his art. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-82150838596112828022016-07-14T15:42:34.772-04:002016-07-14T15:42:34.772-04:00There is a kid somewhere in the EV now who I'v...There is a kid somewhere in the EV now who I've seen riding his bike who looks exactly like Basquiat. Similar clothes, face, hair, posture. It has to be deliberate. I was momentarily stunned to see him gliding by and wistfully watched him go all the way down the block.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9468420063468926982016-07-14T15:39:41.203-04:002016-07-14T15:39:41.203-04:00I don't know about "crusty." He came...I don't know about "crusty." He came from a good family in Brooklyn, and while his style was certainly very "his own" he was not homeless, was he? <br /><br />Here it looks like his Mom dressed him for school! <br />http://glennobrien.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/04.jpg<br /><br />Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395915435209482109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-53704740224823047382016-07-14T14:32:05.302-04:002016-07-14T14:32:05.302-04:00Today Basquiat would probably be called a crusty....Today Basquiat would probably be called a crusty. He had issues with drug addiction early on. Heroin is on the rise again and people are dying in the streets. Some things never change. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-4114197892322442822016-07-14T13:33:48.026-04:002016-07-14T13:33:48.026-04:00Never knew this. Awesome.Never knew this. Awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com