Drummer

Drummer, pastel, 20x16" (50x40 cm.) exhibited in France in 2008, now in Hollywood, California, home of D.J. DeLeon.

A few days ago I finished BASQUIAT, by Phoebe Hoban. When Jean-Michel Basquiat was writing "SAMO" all over New York, the idea was that everything is the same old thing, that society repeats itself, and that we're stuck in the same loop. At the same time that he had problems with his father, he realized that even though kids feel they don't want to repeat their parents' roles, in fact they actually go about things in the same old way. Basquiat's driving force, according to P.Hoban, was his love-hate relationship with his father. His word-play was appearing on the walls of N.Y. at the same time than Jenny Holzer's slogan filled plaques. Basquiat painted and drew constantly, and his most magical time was 1981. He died shortly after of a drug overdose. He was a marvelous artist.