Back in Basquiat

Graffiti and neo-expressionist painter Jean-Michel Basquiat (bas-kee-a) is soon to be reignited into the mainstream consciousness. At the Sundance film festival, director Tamra Davis released her documentary “Jean-Michel Basquiat- The Radiant Child,” to much appraise. Davis was friends with the painter and while in film school began shooting footage of him at work in his loft and at exhibits. Also at Sundance, a quasi-doc called “Exit Through the Gift Shop” covers the history of graffiti art, starting with Basquiat in the late 1970’s. These are both perfect additions to Julian Schnabel’s 1996 fictional film “Basquiat” starring Jeffrey Wright and David Bowie and Andy Warhol. See it!

Andy Warhol and Basquiat- Rare Interview 1986 (turn up volume)