What if I told you (and I could be wrong?) that the cameraman has his full figure in the shot (hair included) but that it was cropped in to to fit the video's 16:9 aspect ratio. I woud much prefer the original 4:3 aspect with respect to the video.
You have to admire the way he communicated; it wasn't childish, just completely wide-open, without an ounce of self-consciousness; that, in itself, was art.
Rob Braxton he was self conscious, there are plenty a sore question basquiat is ast that he withholds answers about. If anything he's super aware of himself.
It's a shame he's gone. He seemed a bit innocent in a way and quiet...sort of childlike in a way. He was also so handsome and apparently a creative genius. Catnip for some.
Nice looking guy...... and very talented I must say. He was way ahead of his time of what he talked about in terms of the media and how they treat celebs. It's a reason he didn't live on to actually see these times as it is worse today. I feel like there isn't enough of him on the internet, his legacy needs to be expanded alot more
you realise its paradoxal to say you agree with him to want to protect his privacy and in the same breath want more media of him to be found on the internet? Not a jab, just found it funny 😅🤔
I read up on basquiat heritage. And I found out he is a Haitian American and thing that clicked to me that the fact that Haiti, despite its extreme poverty and issues are a nation of artists. I traveled to Haiti to help after the earthquake. And what I gazed upon was art and artist. The country is saturated with beautiful minds and people. Sculptures, painters, musicians, dancers. It wes very overwhelming. And they all knew they wouldn't be compensated a dime for their genius. So finding out basquiat was Haitian didnt surprise me. It's in his cognitive genes.
The people of Haiti have a very strong sense of identity and pride if you look at the background of Haiti it was the only black lead country where slaves were able to fight back and claim their independence in the Western world and I believe even though the country has a lot of poverty that the essence of pride because of the fact that they were independent carries through in their spirit. There are some fantastic documentaries on Haiti right on TH-cam. Part of the reason they were able to overthrow the colonist was because of the blacks that were brought to Haiti to be enslaved were soldiers So they were very powerful and they understood strategic warfare and that’s why they were able to and were the only slave revolt that actually was successful
I visited his grave on his bday two weeks ago. I also stayed in an apartment on the same street of the apartment he died in. A surreal experience. I went to NY to visit his grave, I didn't realize that the apartment I booked was on the same street until later.
Artist have so many feelings, that it becomes hard to really expose all of them simultaneously. He was a true gentleman, thus his soft voice. The world is too harsh of a place to feel at home. He's amongst the best and most kind now. Where he belongs, heaven. God bless you my brother. Thanks
$110 million dollars by an Asian buyer qho was in a 10 minute bidding war. It's amazing how others see the value in an artist's vision AFTER the artist passes.
he'd hate how social media and shit is nowadays its probably best that he died when he did.. shit got worse.. and another thing.. there needs to be way more shit on this guy on youtube..he had one SHITTY movie that julian bitch ass shnable or how ever u spell his last name made and ONE documentary "radiant child" which is probably the best on his life.. but there still needs to be more of him online and stuff entirely not enough
+Mirshaun There's unshown photographs and videos of him that people have but don't show them sadly.. Tamra Davis prolly has so much footage of him, she recorded him in his studio for over a year smh
For real, I search for him on TH-cam every few weeks hoping for ANYTHING new. I watched radiant child and saw the clips of him painting and interviews why can't they let us see all that
He seems like he felt A lot (a lot of crazy things happened to him and I personally would be heartbroken about life and a broken soul) and so I think his solution was releasing it in his art and music and self-medication (cocaine and weed etc.). People love tragic sad artists and I think the money and fame must have left him feeling exploited. It's a sad situation.
Typical childhood living in Brooklyn during that time period. Kids during that time would make tiny booklets that were like a movie when you flip the pages. Was was growing up in Brooklyn at that time. The museums were free during that time and everyone often visited. Meeting Andy Warhol was the turning point of discovery which was a stroke last of luck. So many young artist were never discovered yet lived the same life style in Brooklyn. So many young people painted all over the walls, sidewalks and subways in the City. Graffiti was everywhere. It was a great pastime everyone did. His life as a Black person was not very different from other Blacks dealing with life in the city, as well as racism that continues today. Everyone rode bikes, wore Afros and dreads. Unfortunately, Jean often sold his paintings for heroin. His family didn’t have much to do with him as they project to know. Yet, when he died, they suddenly became very involved with making money from his art.
His artwork is at Christie's auction house. When I started May 3. 2023 he had a painting that was 63/64 Million $$$$....!!!! Yes, someone brought it. There have been few paintings of Basquiat work. I wished he was still alive!!!!!👏🏾 💞🖼 🎨🕊
I don't think the poor kid would have lasted very long even without his drug addiction : he was a genius, his art will still be mentioned in a century, but this world is way too tough for pure people lke that.
@kyfaydfsoab the only thing they all have in common, well someone like juice wrld, not so much kid cudi or jay-z (probably because they aren't as bold as basquiat or juice wlrd were) is that they were assassinated as a consequence of their influence.
@kyfaydfsoab but yes it is reaching to connect any of the modern culture influencers like that to jean-michel or someone who was an artist in the 20th century.
I love him but idk nobody else found the whole interview a little creepy? like why would he whisper that like he was hiding? and why was so like...he answered the questions but it slick looked like he was trying to hide any emotions he felt and slick like he was scared. Hard to tell but I really felt that from watching this and I've watched it alot.
He was hurt and sad and quite broken by the art critics - he didnt want to let it be fully shown how much he hated them or rather how destroyed he felt by them. This interview is probably the most telling of all footage of him. It really shows what led way to his unfortunate passing - when one traces things back.
85? I THOUGHT BASQUIAT ART IS STILL BEING MADE BY BASQUIAT. IF IT WASNT FOR BAQUIATE AND WARHOL I WOULD HAVE NO INTEREST IN ART NO MATTER THE MEDIUM. MY ART IS INCREDIBLE, DONT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
Another great artist's life taken away from drugs. Thats why i stayed away from Heroin & Meth growing up because they will just fuck you up in the long run.
+IAN m hmm, I think for a lot of folks, abusing drugs is a symptom rather than the disease. It's a lot like alcoholism. Because of other pressures they resort to drugs as a way of dealing. With Jean Michel, for one, it was when he started feeling abandoned and betrayed on all sides, including his father, Andy Warhol, the media, and the vultures around him, that his heroin use really took off, until it ended him. I'm certain if you looked at the biographies of many of the other great artists you're thinking of, you might find similar patterns to be true.
+Saskiequelle Some idiot said it's like getting kissed by God or some horseshit, not even close, Heroin is very overated. if you like sleeping and laying on the couch like a Zombie then "H" is the drug for you, when every one else is going to College, making family's, getting a good job, buying houses, falling in love etc etc your at the dope house, out of money, it's 110 degrees outside and your in the backseat of your car trying to scrounge up 1.00 in change, why the dope dealers stand on the porch laughing at what a loser you are and there is no sympathy in the hood, misery loves company, sound like fun? Please to anyone that's thinking of trying any hard drugs, please don't- it will save you from so much misery, drugs have ruined my life and there's no fixing it, it's to late.
+Darrin Connor I believe that was the great Lenny Bruce who originally said that, in reference to shooting morphine (same diff). The fucked up thing is, it's true, *at first.* It really does feel like getting a kiss from God, especially if you are someone who has dealt with severe anxiety and depression for many years. It feels like God Himself silenced the noise and placed the warmest, most comforting blanket on your shoulders. But it inevitably eats you up and leads to everything you just described. I've often said that the fact that something like opiates even exist in the first place is like some kind of fucking cruel joke played by nature.
It's so sad and sickening to see all of those people that were leeches and profited off of him as he was destroying himself with drugs, but none of them stood up and said hey you need help.
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The fact that the cameraman didn't get his hair in the shot is unforgivable
Facts
What if I told you (and I could be wrong?) that the cameraman has his full figure in the shot (hair included) but that it was cropped in to to fit the video's 16:9 aspect ratio.
I woud much prefer the original 4:3 aspect with respect to the video.
He did I just watched a doc with this but the editor sucks at not getting the full vid angle
vertical came later
it be wacism!
You have to admire the way he communicated; it wasn't childish, just completely wide-open, without an ounce of self-consciousness; that, in itself, was art.
Yes!
Rob Braxton he was self conscious, there are plenty a sore question basquiat is ast that he withholds answers about. If anything he's super aware of himself.
went to wikipedia, saw his grave. People put loads of pennies on it. Thats what happens when you're a great man
what are you talking about? He was totally uncomfortable, insecure, and self conscious... This is also well documented.
lol
It's a shame he's gone. He seemed a bit innocent in a way and quiet...sort of childlike in a way. He was also so handsome and apparently a creative genius. Catnip for some.
Nice looking guy...... and very talented I must say. He was way ahead of his time of what he talked about in terms of the media and how they treat celebs. It's a reason he didn't live on to actually see these times as it is worse today. I feel like there isn't enough of him on the internet, his legacy needs to be expanded alot more
Exactly
I second this notion
you realise its paradoxal to say you agree with him to want to protect his privacy and in the same breath want more media of him to be found on the internet? Not a jab, just found it funny 😅🤔
@@statictaco we said his work, not his privacy
@@gm9984 Hmm maybe Im not familiar enough with his work then
I read up on basquiat heritage. And I found out he is a Haitian American and thing that clicked to me that the fact that Haiti, despite its extreme poverty and issues are a nation of artists. I traveled to Haiti to help after the earthquake. And what I gazed upon was art and artist. The country is saturated with beautiful minds and people. Sculptures, painters, musicians, dancers. It wes very overwhelming. And they all knew they wouldn't be compensated a dime for their genius. So finding out basquiat was Haitian didnt surprise me. It's in his cognitive genes.
The people of Haiti have a very strong sense of identity and pride if you look at the background of Haiti it was the only black lead country where slaves were able to fight back and claim their independence in the Western world and I believe even though the country has a lot of poverty that the essence of pride because of the fact that they were independent carries through in their spirit. There are some fantastic documentaries on Haiti right on TH-cam. Part of the reason they were able to overthrow the colonist was because of the blacks that were brought to Haiti to be enslaved were soldiers So they were very powerful and they understood strategic warfare and that’s why they were able to and were the only slave revolt that actually was successful
Just to clarify: one of his parents was Haitian and he grew up in middle class NYC.
@@samwrigley403 still Haitian ;)
Also Puerto Rican
@@duragkev also Puerto Rican and actually lived in Puerto Rico from 1974 to 1976
Watching this made me sad. He was very intelligent and had a unique spirit.
R.I.P. Jean-Michel Basquiat. He gained his angel wings 32 years ago today (August 12, 1988).
I visited his grave on his bday two weeks ago. I also stayed in an apartment on the same street of the apartment he died in. A surreal experience. I went to NY to visit his grave, I didn't realize that the apartment I booked was on the same street until later.
Heroin is one hell of a drug.
Whispers "even now".
+Coates Spalding he said "here and there" again...
+Mirshaun listen again
+Coates Spalding i heard it... wow man...
+Coates Spalding OH SHIT HE DID how did you catch that
+Coates Spalding kinda creepy the way he says it , like if he's trying to be secretive but ends up saying it anyway.
Artist have so many feelings, that it becomes hard to really expose all of them simultaneously. He was a true gentleman, thus his soft voice. The world is too harsh of a place to feel at home. He's amongst the best and most kind now. Where he belongs, heaven. God bless you my brother. Thanks
This was beautiful
Well put
This man was one of the most beautiful souls to ever grace this earth with his divine presence.
He'd already departed before his mark remained.
He always seems sad even when he smiles. RIP Jean- Michel.
@smoduhgoat read his story
The people made him sad because they were putrid to him
a good smile is with the eyes
What an interesting man... Sad he's no longer with us...
I love his authenticity
thank you JMB for being you man. the world sucks but you live on
He's so beautiful...
Thanks for gracing this crazy world for a while..
00:17 ..his whole existence is displayed across his face... to be so alive... yet so tortured.
It’s what made him so special.
the way he looks into the camera, damn. he's amazing
Wow he was gorgeous
RIP Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988), aged 27
You will be remembered as a legend
my heart hurts for him :-(
+Olivia Katz I was just thinking this... ugh. You can feel it.
I love this guy so much as a friend and artist... i'm an artist too..lets be friends, Olivia Katz?
0:20 Wow Basqi was deep. Kid Kudi needs to play him in a biopic
I was about to say that! And Mac Miller couldve played keith haring! It would've been such a cool biopic. RIP mac.
Poopy Macs a Jew
@@VividFilmProductions duuude..
Poopy he did look like Keith! I never thought about that lol
wiki as al diaz
The $110 Million man. You go Basquiat
❤️❤️
There is a sadness to his eyes, sweet, bit shy but so young. Rest In Peace angel.
He did it all. Legendary artist and god DAMN he was hot
man he's so right I get exactly what he's saying same thing that Dave Chappelle said
Christian Rosales what is he talking about?
WOW! Jeffery Write did an awesome job portraying Basquiat. This is the first footage I've actually seen of Basquiat and they're almost the same.
This is the first time I have ever seen him. I did see his biography where he was portrayed by Jeffrey Wright.
$110 million dollars by an Asian buyer qho was in a 10 minute bidding war. It's amazing how others see the value in an artist's vision AFTER the artist passes.
Every once and awhile I find myself watching this video and I don't know why exactly.
Yes u do ❤️
When he whispers "here and there."
even now
0:47 - even now. I've always related with his' foresight...
He was so beautiful D:
The actor from "Basquiat (1996)" did a really good job at potraiting him.
Watch that movie if you havent already
jeffrey wright nailed JMP's mannerisms in the '96 film "Basquiat"
he'd hate how social media and shit is nowadays its probably best that he died when he did.. shit got worse.. and another thing.. there needs to be way more shit on this guy on youtube..he had one SHITTY movie that julian bitch ass shnable or how ever u spell his last name made and ONE documentary "radiant child" which is probably the best on his life.. but there still needs to be more of him online and stuff entirely not enough
I agree entirely bro
+Mirshaun There's unshown photographs and videos of him that people have but don't show them sadly.. Tamra Davis prolly has so much footage of him, she recorded him in his studio for over a year smh
For real, I search for him on TH-cam every few weeks hoping for ANYTHING new. I watched radiant child and saw the clips of him painting and interviews why can't they let us see all that
radiant child is about it. I know schnable didnt like him.so i didnt watch that movie
If Basquiat were here I think his art would make things better. Art always makes things better
He seems like he felt A lot (a lot of crazy things happened to him and I personally would be heartbroken about life and a broken soul) and so I think his solution was releasing it in his art and music and self-medication (cocaine and weed etc.). People love tragic sad artists and I think the money and fame must have left him feeling exploited. It's a sad situation.
Jay z 4:44 brought me here. Had no clue who he was from the video but I knew there was something special about this cat.
What is 4:44?
He was lit
he sounds like hendrix and died at 27 like him
Shit I’m turning 27 2020 🙄🤑
Jean Michel Basquiat died too young. He could have been an continuing inspiration for exploration in art.
Legend🎨🖌🇵🇷🗽🇭🇹
Typical childhood living in Brooklyn during that time period. Kids during that time would make tiny booklets that were like a movie when you flip the pages. Was was growing up in Brooklyn at that time. The museums were free during that time and everyone often visited.
Meeting Andy Warhol was the turning point of discovery which was a stroke last of luck. So many young artist were never discovered yet lived the same life style in Brooklyn. So many young people painted all over the walls, sidewalks and subways in the City. Graffiti was everywhere. It was a great pastime everyone did. His life as a Black person was not very different from other Blacks dealing with life in the city, as well as racism that continues today. Everyone rode bikes, wore Afros and dreads.
Unfortunately, Jean often sold his paintings for heroin. His family didn’t have much to do with him as they project to know. Yet, when he died, they suddenly became very involved with making money from his art.
the pain!!! in his eyes!!!!
the way he spoke reminds me of Jimi Hendrix
His art is genius. Did I need to tell you that?
It's like Sony signed Basquiat, he gave it all he got, and now the nigga don't paint the same." -JCole
Rip. JMB.
Interesting excerpt, but it would be nice to see the entire interview ?
“ they’ll turn on you like they always do”
❤️❤️❤️❤️
EVEN NOW. ❤️
Wish I could watch the rest. Amazing human.
The Great Ones are always misunderstood...#Genuis
His artwork is at Christie's auction house. When I started May 3. 2023 he had a painting that was 63/64 Million $$$$....!!!! Yes, someone brought it. There have been few paintings of Basquiat work. I wished he was still alive!!!!!👏🏾 💞🖼 🎨🕊
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT💜 artist 💙♠
He sounds like Jim Morrison when he speaks. Both great artists that went too soon.
And his paintings look like August Walla's maybe he was not that original after all.
@@ReisterJP woah!! yr wrong!! that's rad
@@theseoldhomes you probably think Banksy is also original he copies Blek Le Rat.
@@ReisterJP unfortunately im not a caricature of yr imagination :)
it's okay, you are art history ignorant about 40% of the art in museums are forgeries anyway.
Thank you for this
They knew he was going to be more famous than he was as he grows up
how can i find this full interview
legend
I don't think the poor kid would have lasted very long even without his drug addiction : he was a genius, his art will still be mentioned in a century, but this world is way too tough for pure people lke that.
He looks tortured by his fame. Poor lad. Talent and managing the attention that accompanies it can and did become overwhelming.
Mans a legend
Clearly a painfully shy genius.
I'm convinced he was the juice wrld of the art world
hahaha - basquiat had talent atiba
@kyfaydfsoab the only thing they all have in common, well someone like juice wrld, not so much kid cudi or jay-z (probably because they aren't as bold as basquiat or juice wlrd were) is that they were assassinated as a consequence of their influence.
@kyfaydfsoab but yes it is reaching to connect any of the modern culture influencers like that to jean-michel or someone who was an artist in the 20th century.
33 years ago today, hello goodbye forever. (12.8.2021)
I love him but idk nobody else found the whole interview a little creepy? like why would he whisper that like he was hiding? and why was so like...he answered the questions but it slick looked like he was trying to hide any emotions he felt and slick like he was scared. Hard to tell but I really felt that from watching this and I've watched it alot.
He was hurt and sad and quite broken by the art critics - he didnt want to let it be fully shown how much he hated them or rather how destroyed he felt by them. This interview is probably the most telling of all footage of him. It really shows what led way to his unfortunate passing - when one traces things back.
@@bd4597 he probably had palilalia, a sign of autism
I love this man
the peter keating of art
Happy belated birthday 12/22
I'm glad to see a video watched 300k about basquiat
Great interview. Seen it before but totally worth a threepete. Short but good.
He was a brilliant artist by the way. The message behind the drawings was rather silly.
He has a chill tone like Jimi Hendrix
Beautiful Soul
RIP ❤️
85? I THOUGHT BASQUIAT ART IS STILL BEING MADE BY BASQUIAT. IF IT WASNT FOR BAQUIATE AND WARHOL I WOULD HAVE NO INTEREST IN ART NO MATTER THE MEDIUM. MY ART IS INCREDIBLE, DONT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
I think I heard “they will write about it on the internet”🙃
Art is Everything......Everything is Art! Duane Henry Hoefer Lyon
Where’s the full interview?
He was talented of course.. and he was made because he was Andy's boy.
Where can I find the whole interview?
He sound just like Jimi. Just like him
Another great artist's life taken away from drugs. Thats why i stayed away from Heroin & Meth growing up because they will just fuck you up in the long run.
+IAN m
hmm, I think for a lot of folks, abusing drugs is a symptom rather than the disease. It's a lot like alcoholism. Because of other pressures they resort to drugs as a way of dealing.
With Jean Michel, for one, it was when he started feeling abandoned and betrayed on all sides, including his father, Andy Warhol, the media, and the vultures around him, that his heroin use really took off, until it ended him. I'm certain if you looked at the biographies of many of the other great artists you're thinking of, you might find similar patterns to be true.
+IAN m Its not the drugs that is the problem. Its self-hate.
+IAN m That's the truth. Also, Ghost! \m/
+Saskiequelle Some idiot said it's like getting kissed by God or some horseshit, not even close, Heroin is very overated. if you like sleeping and laying on the couch like a Zombie then "H" is the drug for you, when every one else is going to College, making family's, getting a good job, buying houses, falling in love etc etc your at the dope house, out of money, it's 110 degrees outside and your in the backseat of your car trying to scrounge up 1.00 in change, why the dope dealers stand on the porch laughing at what a loser you are and there is no sympathy in the hood, misery loves company, sound like fun? Please to anyone that's thinking of trying any hard drugs, please don't- it will save you from so much misery, drugs have ruined my life and there's no fixing it, it's to late.
+Darrin Connor I believe that was the great Lenny Bruce who originally said that, in reference to shooting morphine (same diff). The fucked up thing is, it's true, *at first.* It really does feel like getting a kiss from God, especially if you are someone who has dealt with severe anxiety and depression for many years. It feels like God Himself silenced the noise and placed the warmest, most comforting blanket on your shoulders. But it inevitably eats you up and leads to everything you just described. I've often said that the fact that something like opiates even exist in the first place is like some kind of fucking cruel joke played by nature.
It's so sad and sickening to see all of those people that were leeches and profited off of him as he was destroying himself with drugs, but none of them stood up and said hey you need help.
i'm sure some did.
It is such a shame that he did not get to see more of the fame, the riches...
I think he was a kind of second Picasso and people didn`t even notice.
Such an abstruse mind that left us way too soon
ANYBODY HAS A TIME MACHINE?? TAKE US
WE WANNA GO WATCH HIM
holy shit are we fucked........
4:44
he's gone.... so many years
Where can I find this full interview?
under the ground ...
holds up
Jean Michel ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😥😥😥😥😥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😥😥😥😥😥😥❤️❤️
Artists and drugs man. Gone to soon
2023 Kayne is watching this
reminds me of jimi hendrix shyness.
Keepin the Haters in check ... 80's style
I heard that music 0:22
Where does one find this whole thing
0:48 "even now" ?