It’s coming up: Art Basil – time. Time to book your ticket for Switzerland, if you haven’t yet, is today. The world league art show in Basil will start June 14, 2011, and continue till June 19. As per previous years, Art Basil has a wide range of contemporary art disciplines that it aims to […]
Contemporary Art (Graffiti on Canvas) by Jean Michel Basquiat
I thought to feast the eye and nourish the soul with some paintings by Jean Michel Basquiat today. It’s Friday after all. I know that Basquiat’s work is not everybody’s cup of tea, but I personally love his work because it is vibrant, articulate, offers social commentary and is overall interesting: there’s stuff to see […]
Jean-Michel Basquiat Graffiti Painting Live – video
Wanna see SAMO / Jean-Michel Basquiat piecing live downtown NYC? This graffiti video clip which dates back to 1981 shows the graffiti artist in action. This video art clip nicely demonstrates some of the unique nature of graffiti art: * its illegality bringing the need to work ‘under cover’ and enhancing the importance of signature […]
When Art Broke Out of the Gallery, Keith Haring Led the Pack (Videos)
Today I want to show you a series of Keith Haring videos that insightful, well-crafted and comprehensive. Together they form a graphic and verbal portrait, documentary, or biography if you wish, of who Keith Haring was as an artist. They highlight the many milestones in his artistic career. They touch upon many aspects of the […]
Jean-Michel Basquiat Biography & Video: Interview, Paintings, Warhol & Clients
American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) gained popularity first as a graffiti artist in New York City. Later, he was recognised as a successful 1980s-era Neo-expressionist artist. Jean-Michel Basquiat grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he initially created graffiti on subways, signing them with SAMO© (standing for “SAMe Old shit”). In 1980 Basquait participated in […]
Graffiti Party Art Piece
Ever found some money behind the wall paper? It happens to some people. Developers of a run-down loft business discovered they had more than the spaciousness they had hoped for in their New York City’s SoHo building. They found a large, genuine collaborative artwork by Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Fab 5 Freddy, Futura 2000 […]
Graffiti Art Lingo & Artwork Type
In his article ‘Types of Graffiti Art’, Benedict Hunter links graffiti to modern culture, and by doing so explains the various types of graffiti artworks. “Modern day Graffiti art is closely associated with the Hip Hop Culture. It started out with names like TAKI 183 and JULIO 204 who wrote their tag names all over […]
No Name For Art – # 1
Welcome to the March 31, 2008 premiere edition of the fine art blog carnival ‘No Name For Art‘. It is our objective to showcase the best current blog articles on fine art that would be of use and interest to collectors of fine art. We’ll work with our submissions, reviewing what comes up. The submissions […]
How We Live with Art – Banksy video
This is an interesting video of how people interact with a work of art. It shows the mix of appreciation of the art itself aestetically, of its whimsy and fun, of its serious message and and a ‘trying it on for size’ – identification with the art. Banksy This fine art video shows graffiti artist […]
Meet Banksy – video
Bristol graffiti artist Banksy to me is an interesting artist of our time: with heart & humor, fast and efficient, and largely anonymous. Here is an absolutely excellent informative video on Banksy with something as close to an interview with this graffiti artist as you’ll ever get. Wanna know who Banksy is, how is thinks, […]