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 Michael Holman On Jean Michel Basquiat...

Michael Holman On Jean Michel Basquiat...

C H · Saturday, May 12th 2007 at 8:21PM · 2794 views
This Past Wednesday (May 9, 2007) On Tha Artivist Presents...W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Radio I Had The Honor And The Privilege Of Interviewing Renaissance Man Extraordinaire Michael Holman http://www.michaelholman.com...He Was Very Close Friends With Another Phenomenal Renaissance Artist Jean Michel Basquiat...He Wrote The Film Screen Play For The Biopic About Jean Michel Basquiat Entitled "Basquiat"...He Also Produced, Wrote And Recorded Music For As Well As Acted In The Classic Art Film "Downtown 81" Which Starred The Real Jean Michel Basquiat...Please Listen To This Important Interview By Clicking On The Following Link:
http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/blogtalkra...


Just a few years ago one of Basquiat paintings sold for 4 million dollars ($4,000,000).

Basquiat was described by Robert Farris Thompson as being:

What identifies Jean-Michel Basquiat as a major artist is courage and full powers of self-transformation. That courage, meaning not being afraid to fail, transforms paralyzingly self-conscious 'predicaments of culture' into confident 'ecstasies of cultures recombined.' He had the guts, what is more, to confront New York art challenge number one: can you transform self and heritage into something new and named?

In case you didn't know Jean Michel Basquiat was an African American Visual Artist who died at 28 years of age. His work is phenomenal or huge and the fact that he was African American and his work to sells for millions of dollars is worth noting.

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Click below to get additional information on Basquiat:

http://www.basquiat.net/
http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Basquia...

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C H Sunday, October 28th 2007 at 11:34PM

Just a few months ago another Basquiat paintings sold for around $14,000,000.

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