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While we #MuseumFromHome, let's take a section-by-section virtual peek at "Writing the Future: #Basquiat & the #HipHopGeneration" 
The exhibition brings together works by the artist & 11 of his peers, who were among the prophetic founders of the insurgent post-graffiti moment.
The exhibition brings together works by the artist & 11 of his peers, who were among the prophetic founders of the insurgent post-graffiti moment.
First, check out excerpts from the 1983 documentary #StyleWars, which captures a golden age of youthful creativity in 1980s New York City and sets the stage for the exhibition: https://bit.ly/2wcNaIP
: Toxic, A-One & Kool Koor, September 1982. Ā© Mark Baron. #HipHopGeneration
: Toxic, A-One & Kool Koor, September 1982. Ā© Mark Baron. #HipHopGeneration
The exhibition's introductory section hones in on the transitional moment when #Basquiat & his peers began to forge a place for themselves in the commercial art world. They experimented with applying train & street writing styles to any surface they could find. #HipHopGeneration
"Community Portraiture" brings together #Basquiat's depictions of his peersāthe first time that his portraits of his Black and Latinx friends and fellow artists have been given prominence in scholarship on his oeuvre. #HipHopGeneration
"Writers" emphasizes how each artist developed a unique vocabulary from a boundless array of sourcesāfrom comic books, cartoons and cityscapes, to ancient, medieval, modern and pop art. #HipHopGeneration
: Works by #KeithHaring & LA2, Toxic, A-One & Jenny Holzer, @FABNEWYORK
: Works by #KeithHaring & LA2, Toxic, A-One & Jenny Holzer, @FABNEWYORK
At the heart of the exhibition, the largest section is devoted to the visual artists' collaborative intersections with musicians of the era as well as their own engagements with language through music. #HipHopGeneration
: Works by #Basquiat, Futura, #KeithHaring
: Works by #Basquiat, Futura, #KeithHaring
"Futurisms" explores in-depth the artistic practice of #Rammellzee (stylized RAMMĪ£LLZĪ£Ī£), the first major critical theorist of hip-hop. The section also features works by his Tag Master Killers crew (A-One, Kool Koor & Toxic). #HipHopGeneration
"Bodies" explores how the subject of the human body provided a platform for #Basquiat and #LadyPink to explore issues of resounding social and political import. Pink's paintings of skulls & flowers allude to cycles of life & death. #HipHopGeneration
The final gallery, "Ascension," highlights the artists' respective approaches to questions of legacy and the afterlife via motifs associated with Afrofuturism. #HipHopGeneration
: Works by #Rammellzee and @FABNEWYORK
: Works by #Rammellzee and @FABNEWYORK
Dive deeper into "Writing the Future: #Basquiat and the #HipHopGeneration" with insights into the exhibition themes by co-curators @lizmunsell and Greg Tate ( @StalkinHeads): https://bit.ly/3aKnDpw
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: LA2
Have a question for them? Ask away and we'll pass it along!
: LA2
