This film tells jeanmichels story through exclusive interviews with his two sisters lisane and jeanine, who have never before agreed to be interviewed for a tv documentary. Rage to riches about the film american masters pbs. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Madonna about jean michel basquiat from rage to riches bbc documentary 2017 dressmeupmyluckystar. With striking candour, basquiats art dealers including larry gagosian, mary boone and bruno bischofberger as well as his most intimate friends, lovers and fellow artists, expose the cash, the drugs and the pernicious. Boom for real currently on view at barbican in london.
One of the most influential american artists of the 20th century, jeanmichel. Watch basquiat rage to riches live on the web documentary, exploring the rise in profile of the output of american artist jeanmichel basquiat, whose work is currently the subject of a largescale exhibition at the barbican in london the first time a wholly basquiat collection has been displayed in the uk. May 26, 2017 a son of haitian and puerto rican parents in brooklyn drops out of high school in the tenth grade, is kicked out of his home, knocks around the city doing graffiti, attracts artworld notice and. American masters basquiat rage to riches dvd 2018 upc. The recent sothebys auction of a jeanmichel basquiat skull painting for over a hundred million dollars has catapulted this. Rage to riches 2017 1h 30min documentary, biography tv movie 7 october 2017. It won the bafta television award for best specialist factual programme. Nearly 30 years after his death, this documentary film of jeanmichel basquiat details how the selftaught brooklynborn artist rose to be one of the greats on the. Lets pause to appreciate basquiats hundredmilliondollar. Rage to riches was directed and produced by david shulman and tells the tale of american graffiti artist jeanmichel basquiat.
Just in time for valentines day, a new exhibition on jeanmichel basquiat is a love letter of sorts to the artist from a former girlfriend, and to a downtown new york art. Change settings we are using cookies to provide statistics that help us give you the best experience of out site, you can find out more or switch them off if you prefer. Jeanmichel basquiat managed to take the world by storm yet again, when one of his skull paintings from 1982 sold. Basquiat rage to riches is a tv show on british national television from bbc2 with an average rating of 4. One of the most influential american artists of the 20th century, jeanmichel basquiat was a rock star of the early 80s new york art scene. Documentary gives new look into life of artist jeanmichel. Basquiat rage to riches wins specialist factual bafta tv. The jeanmichel basquiat you havent seen the new york times. It was the subject of a onepainting exhibition at the brooklyn. He lived fast, died young and created thousands of drawings and paintings.
Teatro san carlo david shulman, united states, switzer. The bestselling biography of the controversial artist, and a vivid account of the fast times in which he livedand died painter jeanmichel basquiat was the jimi hendrix of the art world. Madonna about jean michel basquiat from rage to riches bbc. Born in brooklyn in 1960, to a haitian father and a puerto rican mother, he grew up amid the postpunk scene in lower manhattan. It is executive produced by janet lee and the producerdirector is david shulman for bbc studios. He has emerged as one of the most important artists of his generation. We have 1 episodes of basquiat rage to riches in our archive. After leaving school at 17, he invented the character samo, writing poetic graffiti that captured the. It took less than a decade to go from anonymous graffiti writer to an epoch defining art star. The first episode of basquiat rage to riches was broadcast in april, 2020.
With striking candour, basquiat s art dealers including larry gagosian, mary boone and bruno bischofberger as well as his most intimate friends, lovers and fellow artists, expose the cash, the drugs and the pernicious. Rage to riches is a bbc studios documentary unit production for bbc two and pbs in association with thirteen productions that aired in october 2017, produced and directed by david shulman with executive producer janet lee. May 14, 2018 basquiat rage to riches wins specialist factual at the bafta tv awards 2018. Nov 15, 2017 madonna about jean michel basquiat from rage to riches bbc documentary 2017 dressmeupmyluckystar. Catch up on basquiat rage to riches and watch online. Untitled is a large canvas of a skulllike head painted in colorful acrylic, and overpainted in expressive black spraypaint over a predominantly blue background. A son of haitian and puerto rican parents in brooklyn drops out of high school in the tenth grade, is kicked out of his home, knocks around the city doing graffiti, attracts art. Boom for real jeanmichel basquiat was one of the most significant artists of the 20th century. With jean michel basquiat, bruno bischofberger, mary boone, bob colacello. Nearly 30 years after his death, this documentary film of jeanmichel basquiat details how the selftaught brooklynborn artist rose to be one of the greats on the international art marketplace. Basquiat rage to riches wins specialist factual at the bafta tv awards 2018. The story of brooklynborn artist jeanmichel basquiat. Sep 25, 2017 uk 2017 dir david shulman 90 min basquiat. This film features exclusive interviews with basquiats two sisters, lisane and jeanine basquiat.
Demaryius thomas and martavis bryant are my starters. Nearly 30 years after his death from a drug overdose in 1988, the legendary artist jeanmichel basquiat managed to take the world by storm yet again, when one of his skull paintings from 1982 sold. December 22, 1960 august 12, 1988 was an american artist of haitian and puerto rican descent. Oct 07, 2017 basquiat rage to riches is a tv show on british national television from bbc2 with an average rating of 4. Rage to riches, by awardwinning director david shulman, made in conjunction with the major retrospective basquiat. Basquiat rage to riches wins specialist factual bafta.