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Why does this board seem to hate on Basquiat so much?
In my opinion he's one of the best painters of the 20th century. He's probably just a tier below Picasso and Matisse.
There's so much power and expression and complexity in his work.
It's such a cop out when people say his art is a case of "the emperor's new clothes".
Yes his style is naive, but he embraces that naïveté in a completely unique and compelling way.
His art just looks dope.
If you disagree, let me know and we can have a discussion.
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Dumping some of my favorite pieces by him
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I haven't been on /ic/ in a while so please don't tell me there's no more fine art discussion and it's all concept art and fantasy characters
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>>2975676
>Why does this board seem to hate on Basquiat so much?
This board has zero appreciation for any modern or contemporary artists, beyond a few Asian concept artists. Ever read Hitler's thoughts on modern art? Same deal.
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>>2975915
This makes me sad.
There's so much to be learned from modern and contemporary fine artists.
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when i was doing a lot of drugs early on in college i drew like basquiat
lots of text similar layouts etc
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>>2975676
I like Basquiat but I have to say that I find him overrated.
I think it's Warhol's fault but Basquiat got too popular too soon, he died young and I believe his art didn't mature enough sadly. His painting "Riding With Death" shows that he was getting better and better everyday, so in my opinion he didn't got to the level of Picasso and Matisse probably because he died too soon.
And yes, only 1% of people here care about fine art.
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