Seeing Loud, Basquiat & Music Category_doormats Egyptian sandstone and perforated bronze

Egyptian sandstone and perforated bronze

Tightly flat- woven for an exquisitely thin profile

Oak Wood Frame

With breathtaking new photography

occasional scratch and scuffing

Seeing Loud, Basquiat & Music Category_doormats Egyptian sandstone and perforated bronzeDuring the late 1970's and early 1980s, New York City was financially and socially bankrupt, but the art and music scene was flourishing. During these years, the downtown New York music scene no wave, hip hop, disco funk and club culture shaped Jean Michel Basquiat as both a musician and an artist. This catalog for a traveling exhibition explored how Basquiat's painting has parallels in his music and takes a new look at his production as a writer and