Saturday, October 6, 2012

Brown Spots

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Brown Spots (Portrait of Andy Warhol as a Banana), 1984.

Why is Warhol a banana?

Because he made a famous album cover. Because he collaborated. Because of friendship. Because of rivalry. Because he was subject to homage, tribute, and patricide. Because he was another painter's mentor. Because he was taking advantage of rising stardom. Because it's a joke. Because he's gay. Because he seriously wore those wigs. Because of spontaneity. Because Basquiat ran out of ideas. Because he lived his own art. Because you can be anything in a painting.


Photograph of Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat pretending to box.


Because of love.

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