Black Art : A Comparison and Contrast Analysis of the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat and African Art.
This paper will argue that Basquiat's work may be best seen as operating within the parameters of a "Black aesthetic". This still-controversial concept, it will be seen, accurately reflects Basquiat's embracement of postmodernity and the complex engagement of artists of the African diaspora with the traditions of the past in the context of the present. 7 pgs. 12 f/c. 5b.
