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Jean-Michel Basquiat

December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist and is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Basquiat's art focused on wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience. He appropriated poetry, drawing, and painting, and married text and image, abstraction, figuration, and historical information mixed with contemporary critique.

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The Lot

By Jean Michel Basquiat

(1982)

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Sample Project

Step 1: Choose a Basquiat face from his artwork.

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Step 2: With black tape, create an outline of the face.

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Step 3: Add facial features and other designs using pieces of tape.

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Step 4: Paint around the face with bright colors.

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Step 5: Paint the face black.

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Step 6: Let the paint dry, then remove the tape, and show off your own Basquiat self portrait!

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Materials

  • Thick white paper or construction paper

  • Black tape

  • Paint and brush