biografía de Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988)
Personal data
Birth : 12/22/1960 - Brooklyn, New York NY New York, United States
Death : 08/12/1988 - Brooklyn, New York NY New York, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1988:At the age of 28 he died of an overdose, New York NY, USA.
1987:Deeply depressed by the death of Andy Warhol
1982:Youngest artist ever exhibited in Dokumenta 7
1982:Meets Julian Schnabel
1982:Meets Francesco Clemente
1982:Meets Andy Warhol
1979:Meets Keith Haring
1979:Basquiat and Diaz stop working together
1979:Meets the famous art critics Henry Geldzahler
1979:Meets Kenny Scharf
1978:Jazz and Rap music are influential to all his work.
1977:He creates graffiti with AL DIAZ.
1977:“SAMO©” (SAMe Old shit) appears on New York’s walls.
His mother was Puerto Rican and his father Haïtian.
Basquiat and Andy WARHOL collaborated on a number of paintings.
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Mixed media
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage
Movements and styles
Abstract ExpressionismBad Painting
Figuration Libre
American Graffiti
Graffiti
Works
Untitled (Paris) | |
Date of creation : 1988 Medium : Mixed media/paper Materials : grease pencil-graphite Process : collage Supports : paper Size : 104 x 66 cm | |
Zydeco | |
Date of creation : 1984 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Materials : acrylic-grease pencil Supports : canvas Size : 219 x 518 cm | |
Tabac | |
Date of creation : 1984 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Materials : acrylic-grease pencil Size : 219 x 173 cm | |
Napoleonic stereotype | |
Date of creation : 1983 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Materials : acrylic-oil Size : 168 x 152 cm | |
Self-Portrait | |
Date of creation : 1982 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Materials : oil pastel Subject : self-portrait Size : 193 x 239 cm | |
Profit I | |
Date of creation : 1982 Medium : Acrylic/canvas Size : 220 x 400 cm | |
Slave | |
Date of creation : 1982 Medium : Mixed media Size : 183 x 305 cm | |
Mater | |
Date of creation : 1982 Medium : Acrylic/canvas Materials : acrylic-grease pencil Supports : canvas Size : 183 x 213 cm | |
sans titre | |
Date of creation : 1982 Medium : Acrylic/canvas Size : 239 x 500 cm | |
Cadillac moon | |
Date of creation : 1981 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Materials : acrylic-grease pencil Size : 167 x 173 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2006
1981: The Studio of the Street
Deitch Projects – New York NY, United States
05/04/2006 – 05/27/2006
2005
Villa Malpensata – Museo d’Arte Moderna – Lugano TI, Switzerland
2005 – 06/19/2005
MFAH Museum of Fine Arts – Houston TX, United States
11/18/2005 – 02/12/2006
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Los Angeles CA, United States
07/15/2005 – 10/09/2005
BMA Brooklyn Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
03/11/2005 – 06/05/2005
In Word Only
Cheim & Read – New York NY, United States
02/17/2005 – 03/26/2005
2003
Musée Maillol – Paris, France
06/27/2003 – 10/23/2003
2002
Chiostro del Bramante – Rome, Italy
2002
2001
Museum Würth Moderne Kunst – Künzelsau, Germany
10/06/2001 – 01/01/2002
1999
Selected Paintings and Drawings
Tony Shafrazi Gallery – New York NY, United States
10/01/1999 – 11/13/1999
1998
Paintings
Tony Shafrazi Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/25/1998 – 06/06/1998
1996
Robert Miller Gallery – New York NY, United States
1996
Serpentine Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1996
1995
The blue ribbon series
The Andy Warhol Museum – Pittsburgh PA, United States
1995
1992
Retrospective
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1992
Jean-Michel Basquiat – Une Rétrospective
Musée Cantini – Marseille, France
07/03/1992 – 09/21/1992
1988
Galerie Yvon Lambert – Paris, France
1988
Gallery Hans Mayer – Düsseldorf, Germany
1988
1987
Galerie Daniel Templon – Paris, France
1987
Tony Shafrazi Gallery – New York NY, United States
1987
1986
Galerie Michael Werner – Cologne, Germany
1986
1984
Mary Boone Gallery – New York NY, United States
1984
1983
Galerie Bruno Bischofberger – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1983
1982
Gagosian Gallery – Beverly Hills CA, United States
1982
1981
SAMO
Galleria Emilio Mazzoli – Modena MO, Italy
1981
Annina Nosei Gallery – New York NY, United States
1981
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Darga & Lansberg Galerie – 36 Rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Cheim & Read – 547 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States
sf6 San Francisco International Art Exposition
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
01/16/2004 – 01/19/2004
Represented by : Arion Press – The Presidio 1802 Hays Street – San Francisco CA, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Faggionato Fine Arts – 49 Albemarle Street – London, United Kingdom
Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Hamiltons Gallery – 13 Carlos Place – London, United Kingdom
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Darga & Lansberg Galerie – 36 Rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Bernard Cats – 15 rue Ernest Allard – Brussels, Belgium
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art – 56 East 66th Street – New York NY, United States
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Stefan Röpke – Sankt-Apern-Strasse 17-21 – Cologne, Germany
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Faggionato Fine Arts – 49 Albemarle Street – London, United Kingdom
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Hamiltons Gallery – 13 Carlos Place – London, United Kingdom
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Alain Le Gaillard – 19 Rue Mazarine – Paris, France
Art Miami, n°12
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/04/2002 – 01/08/2002
Represented by : Private View Fine Art – 601 West 26th Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Deitch Projects – 76 Grand Street – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Beaubourg – Chateau Notre-Dame des Fleurs – Vence, France
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac – Mirabellplatz 2 – Salzburg, Austria
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Alain Le Gaillard – 19 Rue Mazarine – Paris, France
ART2001 – The 13th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/17/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Coskun & Co. Fine Art – 93 Walton Street – London, United Kingdom
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : O’Hara Gallery – #1302 41 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
2000
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Tornabuoni Arte – Tornabuoni Arte Via Fatebenefratelli 36 – Milan MI, Italy
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Lucien Durand – 19 Rue Mazarine – Paris, France
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerie Lucien Durand – 19 Rue Mazarine – Paris, France
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galería Dau al Set – Consell de Cent 333 – Barcelona, Spain
Group exhibitions
2008
Double Face
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Picardie – Amiens, France
01/14/2008 – 02/07/2008
2007
Lignes de corps
Maison des Arts et Loisirs – Laon, France
03/23/2007 – 05/23/2007
2004
Á fripon, fripon et demi
Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
2004 – 06/06/2004
Le feu sous la cendre
Geneva GE, Switzerland
2004 – 07/15/2004
De leur temps, collections privées Françaises
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
10/06/2004 – 12/06/2004
2003
Spalt Boom Pow!
CAMH Contemporary Arts Museum Houston – Houston TX, United States
2003 – 06/29/2003
A Way With Words
John Berggruen Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
06/05/2003
Le cabinet de Joachim Blüher
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Picardie – Amiens, France
04/29/2003 – 05/28/2003
Le Cabinet de Jean-Michel Alberola : le fait accompli
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Picardie – Amiens, France
03/07/2003 – 04/12/2003
Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao / Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – Bilbao, Spain
02/15/2003 – 09/07/2003
2002
One Planet under a Groove
The Bronx Museum of the Arts – Bronx, New York NY, United States
02/2002 – 03/03/2002
Les Jeux dans l’art du 20e siècle
Espace Bellevue – Biarritz, France
06/22/2002 – 10/03/2002
Art Downtown
New York NY, United States
06/14/2002 – 09/15/2002
The Physical World: An Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
Gagosian Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/09/2002 – 08/30/2002
Warhol-Basquiat-Clemente. Obras en colaboración
MNCARS Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain
02/06/2002 – 04/29/2002
1999
The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-2000 Part I, 1900-1950
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
04/23/1999 – 08/22/1999
1998
Au fil du trait, de Matisse à Basquiat
Carré d’Art – Musée d’art contemporain – Nîmes, France
06/26/1998 – 09/27/1998
1997
Jean-Michel Basquiat / Manuel Ocampo
Henry Art Gallery – University of Washington – Seattle WA, United States
1997
1996
Collaborations Warhol, Basquiat, Clemente
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
1996
Identidad Múltiple. Obras del Whitney Museum of American Art
MACBA – Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
12/20/1996 – 03/31/1997
1994
Le siècle des collages
La Galerie – Paris, France
10/21/1994 – 01/28/1995
1990
Boisrond, Combas, Di Rosa, Haring, Basquiat
Galerie Rachlin Lemarié Beaubourg – Paris, France
1990
Vingt ans après
Galerie Prazan-Fitoussi – Paris, France
1990
Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat : Paintings
Tony Shafrazi Gallery – New York NY, United States
1990
1985
Warhol-Basquiat
Tony Shafrazi Gallery – New York NY, United States
1985
Figuration Libre France/USA
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
1985
1983
Champions
Tony Shafrazi Gallery – New York NY, United States
1983
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1983
1982
Documenta 7
Museum Fridericianum, Neue Galerie, Orangerie, Auepark – Kassel, Germany
06/19/1982 – 09/28/1982
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2000
Collection Lambert en Avignon – Beaux-Arts Collection
Paris, France
06/2000
ISBN : 2842783492
1999
Art at the Turn of the Millenium / L’Art au Tournant de l’An 2000
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Collectif
Director of publication: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
1999
ISBN : 3822873934
Exhibition catalogues
1996
Collaborations Warhol, Basquiat, Clemente
Publisher: Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Friedrichsplatz 18 – Kassel, Germany
1996
1992
Jean-Michel Basquiat – Une Rétrospective
Publisher: Musée Cantini – 19 rue Grignan – Marseille, France
1992
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Publisher: Whitney Museum of American Art – 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street – New York NY, United States
Author: Marshall Richard
1992
Periodicals
2003
KAMPIANNE Harry – L’enfant vaudou
in: Art Actuel n° 27 p. 32
Paris, France
07/2003-08/2003
2002
BENHAMOU-HUET Judith – Marché, cotations, records,…
in: Art Press – Supplément Art 33 Basel
Paris, France
2002