{"id":32781,"date":"2019-04-12T11:42:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=32781"},"modified":"2019-05-06T13:27:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T13:27:19","slug":"warhol-at-the-whitney-basquiat-at-the-brant-and-their-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/warhol-at-the-whitney-basquiat-at-the-brant-and-their-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Warhol at the Whitney, Basquiat at the Brant and Their Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"
If Jean-Michel Basquiat had not died of an overdose in 1988 at age 27, he would be 58 years old today – about the same age as Andy Warhol when the two collaborated on a series of paintings in the 1980s. Would the pair be surprised that two major institutions are highlighting their individual works as well as their collaboration? Probably not. Would they be surprised that one of the institutions, the newly opened Brant Foundation Art Study Center is located a few blocks from Basquait’s old studio in the East Village? Probably. In the 1980s, the East Village and neighboring Alphabet City were graffiti-covered, low-rent neighborhoods where <\/span>would-be-anarchist<\/span> squatters and drug addicts lived in abandoned buildings. Would the two be even more surprised that one of Basquiat\u2019s paintings sold for 110.5 million dollars to a Japanese billionaire- the highest price ever paid for a post-1980 work of art? Definitely. Would it have made Andy happy that this price edged out the sale of his painting <\/span>Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)<\/span><\/i> which sold for 104.5 million in 2013? Definitely not! <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The two first met when Basquiat was introduced to Warhol while the latter was eating dinner in 1982. At first, Warhol was not impressed. Warhol was quoted saying, \u201cHe\u2019s just one of those kids who drives me crazy.\u201d Warhol eventually warmed up to Basquiat, and at the suggestion of art dealer Bruno Bishofberger. Warhol, Basquiat and Italian artist Francesco Clemente started a round robin of painting. Each would start a canvas, and then it would be passed onto the others until all had participated in the final product. Warhol and Basquiat quickly began collaborating secretly together leaving Clemente out of the collaboration. The two collaborated on and off until Warhol\u2019s death in 1987. Basquiat died a year later.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n