Thursday, April 3, 2008

Critique 1!

La Triennale
Jean-Michel Basquait


Jean-Michel Basquiat uses oil paintings and spray paint to create all of his artwork. Basquiat was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, which was where he had his first experiences with graffiti. Basquiat was basically thrown into fame by the age of twenty because he became known as the 1980’s most admired artist. Basquiat turned his culture and Brooklyn into his paintings which made him a self made millionaire in just two years. His art work can be sold from anywhere between $50 and $1500 for one painting!


Basquiat named this painting La Triennale. Basquiat uses a lot of modern culture in his work. It is hard to figure out what the painting actually mean, you have to really look deep into the painting to figure out what is accutally going on. Basquiat's painting bring you into the mind of an artist.

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