Reading Basquiat environment The Contessa

The Contessa

My legs pressed harder around my father's waist

"Atmospheric and unsettling

Attacked and dragged there against her will

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Reading Basquiat environment The ContessaBefore his death at the age of twenty seven, Jean Michel Basquiat completed nearly 2,000 works. These unique compositions collages of text and gestural painting across a variety of media quickly made Basquiat one of the most important and widely known artists of the 1980s. Reading Basquiat provides a new approach to understanding the range and impact of this artist's practice, as well as its complex relationship to several key artistic and ideological