JM Basquiat & Andy Warhol Collaboration, Lithograph, Limited Edition 19/150

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JM Basquiat & Andy Warhol Collaboration, Lithograph, Limited Edition 19/150

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JM Basquiat And Andy Warhol Collaboration Lithograph numbered 19/150 The Visual Language of Collaboration Looking at the pieces the two artists were making together, it is easy to think of a conversation through painting. There is a strong sense of freedom in accepting and incorporating the other’s techniques, and the overlapping of those techniques creates the disruptive effect their work is known for. According to their gallerist Bruno Bischofberger, Andy’s work was “a kind of poster style featuring heraldically hand-painted enlargements of advertising images, headlines, and company logos but partly in painterly, free brushstrokes, similar to a part of his early works of 1961 and early 1962.” In the realm of contemporary art, few collaborations have been as influential as that of Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. From their meeting to their creative partnership, let's delve into the turbulent story of these legendary artists, celebrating their friendship and the indelible mark they left on the art world. In the early 1980s, Andy Warhol was one of the cultural icons of New York City, his fame and his influence were undisputed. With the Factory and his entourage of young artists, actors and musicians, he was nothing short of a celebrity in the art world. At the time, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a wild and talented graffiti artist. He coined the tag SAMO (sometimes written as SAMOã) in the late 1970s. This acronym, which stood for same old shit quickly gained notoriety across Manhattan’s streets, attracting the attention of many other artists, including Keith Haring and Warhol himself. Warhol and Basquiat: How Did It All Start As the story goes, the friendship between Warhol and Basquiat started in 1979. Basquiat spotted Andy Warhol dining with curator Henry Geldzahler at a fancy restaurant on Manhattan’s Spring Street. Basquiat walked in and introduced himself, and Warhol purchased one of his postcards for $1, despite the dismissal of the famous curator he was having lunch with. At this time in his career, in 1980, Basquiat abandoned graffiti and turned to paint, becoming one of the most interesting artists in downtown New York. He was noticed by gallerists, curators, and fellow artists for his disruptive work. It’s 1982 when Basquiat and Warhol have their first lunch together, organised by influential gallerist Bruno Bischofberger. The two immediately clicked and just two hours after the departure Basquiat was delivering a painting to Warhol’s studio, Dos Cabezas, made after a self-portrait polaroid of the two at lunch. Artistic Alliance and Friendship From there, the relationship between Warhol and Basquiat developed to become an intense friendship. Warhol, who was notoriously private, found solace in the fresh energies and edgy life of the younger artist. Basquiat, in turn, looked to Warhol as a mentor and confidant, like the father figure that had been missing from his life. Even further, the two are famous for painting together. The collaboration between Warhol and Basquiat started at the beginning of the 80s as a mail art project, which was initiated by galleries Bruno Bischofberger and included Italian artist Francesco di Clemente. The three would send each other’s partially finished canvases, in which one would add something to what he received from the other. The paintings were eventually shown by the gallerist in Zurich in 1984, in a show titled Collaborations, which was a huge success. But as time went by, the relationship between Warhol and Basquiat grew to become a true friendship. And that’s when their work together took a completely different approach. warhol and basquiat collaboration basquiat and warhol Creating Work Together: The Process By 1982 Basquiat would go to the Factory for working with Andy on the same canvas at the same time, something that was initially kept secret from Bischofberger. This is when Basquiat and Warhol started a series of more than 100 paintings with a new collaborative approach. The white canvas would be first painted by Warhol, who thanks to a projector would start painting a pop art symbol free hand, typically a logo or a headline. At that point, Basquiat would bring his neo-expressionist strokes into the work, painting over Warhol. The two would then take turns and add layer over layer – accounts of the times say that they wouldn’t discuss much beforehand, allowing for freedom and trust to flow between them. They both appropriated from imagery they would find in books, magazines and television ads. But at the heart of their work together is the stark contrast between Andy’s pop art symbols and the irreverent strokes Basquiat would paint over them. A famous quote from Warhol says: “We’re doing some work together, and you paint me out […] everything I’ve done you’ve painted me out”. Nike The Visual Language of Collaboration Looking at the pieces the two artists were making together, it is easy to think of a conversation through painting. There is a strong sense of freedom in accepting and incorporating the other’s techniques, and the overlapping of those techniques creates the disruptive effect their work is known for. According to their gallerist Bruno Bischofberger, Andy’s work was “a kind of poster style featuring heraldically hand-painted enlargements of advertising images, headlines, and company logos but partly in painterly, free brushstrokes, similar to a part of his early works of 1961 and early 1962.” Basquiat, on the other hand, was using his idiosyncratic strokes, marking images out, adding icons and improvised text, quirky lettering, images of black people’s life, bringing his personal style to the canvas. The beauty of this collaboration is that Warhol and Basquiat soon started adopting each other’s techniques. Basquiat started using silk screening, while Warhol would paint marks and strokes over them. Each artist would obliterate the other, painting over, deleting and in this way enhancing the other’s work.

Dimensions:
Height: 17 in (43.18 cm)Width: 21 in (53.34 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Medium:
Lithograph
Movement & Style:
Street Art
After:
after Jean-Michel Basquiat (2001, American)
Period:
Late 20th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Pasadena, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: basquiat 21stDibs: LU406313192802