I wouldn’t call any of his works “masterpieces” for the cavemen at Lascaux did it so much better, as do the Los Muertos artists in Mexico, but Jean-Michel’s work does contain a lot of “fresh” neurotic humanity that captures the inner spirit of our day.
“Basquiat’s complex oeuvre has established him as one of the most important innovators in modern art, even thirty years after his death,” said Brant in a 2019 statement. “Numerous recent retrospectives have spotlighted his radical approach, illuminating his interdisciplinary contributions to music, poetry, performance, and art and cementing him as one of the most forward-thinking artists of his generation, whose complex engagement with social and political questions makes him more relevant than ever.”
The artist was known for scribbling words and phrases, often deliberately misspelled or crossed out, in his paintings. Numerous examples of this practice appear in the 2019 exhibition.
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