Installation view of a piece from October, 2004. Mixed media, (ink/pencil) on felt. 157 x 92 cms.
19 December, 2005
09 November, 2005
29 October, 2005
25 October, 2005
20 October, 2005
19 October, 2005
18 October, 2005
17 October, 2005
12 October, 2005
30 September, 2005
13 July, 2005
11 July, 2005
10 July, 2005
04 July, 2005
09 June, 2005
07 June, 2005
08 May, 2005
28 April, 2005
26 April, 2005
25 April, 2005
Danto on Basquiat
My favorite part:
He did not survive his decade. He made a lot of money, which he spent lavishly on drugs. He had a terrible heroin addiction. One of his last works, on brown canvas, is called Riding With Death. A brown and black equestrian figure sits astride a horse skeleton. There are crosses in the eyeholes of the horse's skull. "Horse," of course, is slang for heroin, which transports the rider out of the world, with his arms spread out in a gesture of helplessness.
He did not survive his decade. He made a lot of money, which he spent lavishly on drugs. He had a terrible heroin addiction. One of his last works, on brown canvas, is called Riding With Death. A brown and black equestrian figure sits astride a horse skeleton. There are crosses in the eyeholes of the horse's skull. "Horse," of course, is slang for heroin, which transports the rider out of the world, with his arms spread out in a gesture of helplessness.
13 April, 2005
12 April, 2005
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