Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Basquiat: Boom for Real - Barbican Visit

Basquiat: Boom for Real


Today I visited the Barbican to see the bastquet exhibition. I drew a lot of inspiration from this sense of a movement that was happening in 80s New York. Groups of artists coming together sharing ideas and creating together is something I think is very liberating for individual creatives. It made me with wether cultural movements still happen today? Because I feel like they must but I’m unaware of them. 

What stood out to me in the exhibition was bastwuits rhetoric and knowledge of arts history. His knowledge seemed to be a huge influence to inform his art. His rehoric was shown clearly through his note pad writing.

His postcards were also brilliant creating an a4 piece then photo coping them to be cut into four postcards. I find exhibitions a great way to refresh my mindset and get idea of what is happening. Basquiat has been someone who I have been interested in ever since watching a documentary on him. I find his art interesting and full of antidotes which are subjective 

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