August 27 & 28: Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child | NW Film Center
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Friday, August 27 & 28, 7:00 PM
Part of the Film Center's August Special Screenings
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILD
U.S. 2010
Director: TAMRA DAVIS
In his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a phenomenon. From his early, cryptic street art to his meteoric rise to prominence in the New York art world, Basquiat exhibited genius. He infused his work with an intentional childishness that contrasted sharply with his catalog of intellectual, anatomical, sociopolitical, historical, and graphic influences.
By the time of his premature death in the 1980s he was no less than the prince of the post-pop scene. Combining never-before-seen interview footage with commentary from friends and contemporary art world luminaries, Davis offers a compelling introduction to a singularly driven creative personality, an artist who could paint masterpieces in an hour (earning him Andy Warhol's extreme jealousy) and find endless inspiration in the oversaturated culture from which he emerged. (90 min.)
Link for more info: http://www.nwfilm.org/screenings/26/266/#1662
Location Whitsell Auditorium
Time 7:00 pm
Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Avenue
August 19, 2010 at 13:43
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