All Colored Cast (Part III): A Descriptive Essay

Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1982 Jean-Michel Basquiat’s All Colored Cast (Part III), created in 1982, is a large-scale work executed in acrylic and crayon on a square canvas measuring 152.5 by 152.5 centimeters. Currently held in a private collection, the painting immediately commands attention through its vivid yellow background, which serves as a luminous field upon which…

The Spirit Through Many Lives

“Diviners were …. what might be phrased specialists in cool, whose own initiation had, significantly, combined prolonged staring at the sun with training in the lore of soothing herbs and cooling, sacred water. The concern with herbs (green) and the disk of the sun (orange) immediately suggests a vivid sense of contrast in nature harnessed…

Frankfurt

Let the European Adventure begin! First up, Frankfurt. I felt a little lonely and very much outside the Getman experience, but when I happened upon the Schrin Kunsthalle Frankfurt museum my mood changed when I saw my man, Jean Michel Basquiat! I went inside and spent an hour or so admiring his art. It was…

Art

Rome, Da Mi, and Su Jeong produced a video highlighting the challenges artists face. Both Da Mi and Su Jeong, artists in their own right, are ready to face those challenges head on. From the looks of their artwork, these two have the kind of work ethic that will help them succeed in the face…