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Jean-Michel Basquiat “Defacemento”

In New York in 1983, Michael Stewart was brutalized while preforming graffiti art by New York Police Man. 

https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/basquiats-defacement-the-untold-story

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Jean-Michel Basquiat “Obnoxious Liberals” 

Capitalism ran by white culture hold down the powerless people. The black figure on the right symbolizes African American Oppression. 

http://www.jean-michel-basquiat.org/obnoxious-liberals/

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Jean-Michel Basquiat “Skull”

The skull represent the in-between stage of life and death. While the anatomical features of the skill represent death, the vibrant colors in the skull represent life. 

https://www.thebroad.org/art/jean-michel-basquiat/untitled 

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Jean-Michel Basquiat “Notary”

Notary works to correlate allusions, history, Greek mythology, African Tribal culture, trade, property, and more. 

https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/26277

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Jean-Michel Basquiat “Philistines”

Definition of Philistines “ a person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values “

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Philistine

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Jean-Michel Basquiat “La Hara”

La Hara was a common slang for Police in New York city in the 1940s-1950s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Hara_(1981_painting)

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Jean-Michel Basquiat “Irony of Negro Policeman”

Basquiat thought it was ironic when he say a African American wear a police uniform. He believed this person conform to the white dormant society and became puppet like.  

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Jean Michel Basquiat “Untitled, 1981″

Many Basquiats skulls are thought to share similar meaning to a self reflection of life and death.

https://www.thebroad.org/art/jean-michel-basquiat/untitled