I love how he was so gentle and quiet, but allowed his art to shout the words and messages for him ❤️

Extremely handsome man.

Brilliant artist. I owned a gallery in the east village in the 80s and had the privilege to be in the mix of that raw creativity of art, music, and activism ( Act Up, Guerilla Girls...) Silence = Death. Take care all.

"The psychic cost of all this visual pollution is incalculable." LOL

He made no mistakes. Everything was purposeful and distinct to his struggle. His visions exploded on every canvas.

this boy's look and style is timeless... he'd be a top model nowadays. I never get bored of JMB... says a lot about someone who's been dead for 32 years. a one-off.

looking at him you could say he was smart even if you did not know him at all

I love Basquiat and have always been a fan. It's always after their death they romanticize them. When they were alive they are taken for granted. Now all these limousine liberals who wouldn't want him especially in their neighborhoods are profiting off him. Sad.

He seems like such a cool dude to be friends with

I appreciate this woman. She was truly a good friend to Jean as it appears today. I hope her heart is true! Respect to Basquiat you truly are the best artist to me and revolutionized art culture

She spoke really well of him. ✨

I'm in love with this guy. Didn't know anything about him but dreamt about him every night for over a week ! He's beautiful

To me it seems like NY came to life and became a painter. Messy, colorful, gritty, dirty, ugly, soulful, bright, dark, lively. If I could only meet one artist in my life it would be him.

Basquiat and Sotheby's for the 110 MILLION dollar sale! Greatest artist of his generation.

Great artist! As a self taught artist, I sold my first painting for 8k at a gallery in wynwood. So far I’ve done art basel 6 times

One of my greatest experiences was accidentally meeting and having an opportunity to draw Bruce Springsteen at a Basquiat exhibit. There was this room that had a giant autograph book where fans could sign the names or draw pictures and it themselves I chose to do caricatures since I was a caricature street artist at the time. A man appeared in front of me who had an interesting face and Gotay and I started laughing and joking with him while making fun of his face and his goatee. He seemed to enjoy the exchange and happily stood in front of me while I drew him and chatted on and on. After I finished the drawing he smiled and left with his family and I kept drawing in the book. Suddenly one of the curators came up to me excitedly and said to me“Do you know what you just drew!?“ “Yeah I replied, I just drew a guy who had a funny looking goatee“ she replied “you just drew Bruce Springsteen!“As soon as she said it my mind put all the pieces together and I was shocked! I realize that I was in such a zone, caricatures wise, that I didn’t really focus on his total appearance just the parts of his face that I was drawing individually. He seem to enjoy the whole exchange probably for once in his life he was treated like a regular guy and not a celebrity!

Jean-Michel Basquait was a rarity the world will never see again 💚💚💚🇮🇪💚💚💚

JMB R.I.P. AND THANK GOD FOR YOUR ART IT FEEDS THE SOUL

We are blessed with so many known & unknown Artists in different fields of " self - expression ". I love them all & do hope, THEY just keep coming more & more, to light up our World as STARS do. This lovely & very talented young man is another big Star in our Milky Way galaxy und beyond🍻

We are so lucky that we have this footage!

Basquiat transcends expectations of what "art" can be, which is really quite phenomenal when considering his conceptual and artistic predecessors. It seemed as though everything had already been done but Basquiat came in like an unseen commet and shook the art world in a way no one has since. Whether you agree with the aesthetic of his work or not is rather inconsequential to the legitimacy of his significance. Conceptualization is far more important than simply making something "pretty" or "right." Art is about expanding our worlds and attempting to grasp the very concept of life... And life is not always pretty. If you don't understand where he came from, the context of his work, how that affected others, please don't embarrass humanity by posting ignorant commentary. No one cares whether you like it or not. So don't put it on your wall, bugger off, and find something more enjoyable for yourself to engage in.

An artful lesson be at the right place but stay away from the wrong time and you can enjoy your fruits .

This is truly such an intimate, and mesmerizing look inside a beautiful connection between so many complex and universal mysteries yet so profound and personal. Such a uplifting and spirited set of memories full of authenticity and loved shared between friends and family. Thank you!

Thank you so much for posting this. Thank you so much.

Thank you for your wonderful documentary! He's totally awesome, and i Really appreciated this interview ❤🎉❤

EXCELLENT VIDEO, THANKS SO MUCH !!!!!!

Tamra Davis is a treasure, what an awesome video!

When I was young and I mean prior to my teens it was Van Gough that captivated me . Once I started looking at other artists, I found Jackson Pollock and soon thereafter it was Warhol. What I mean that the visceral response was very interesting. I felt that way Basquiat's work too but it was my twenties or late teens. There were a lot artists in nyc back in the 80's and his work was in a league of its own.

Loved him so much, but he was tragic. 😢

intimate doc, loved it

Awesome interview. Thanks for sharing.

what a lovely loyal friend

gr8 piece and like the works of Basquiat a timeless doc by Tamra Davis

I love the backstory, as much as the success.....

Love his art..⚡⚡⚡😍

Wow, this one really good interview on my favorite 20th century artist

Loved this !!

Been to the abc no Rio many times..played shows there. It's gone now. What a lovely hole in the floor.

Wonderful!!

Only non painter i have ever heard who “ got” what he was doing. Not SAMO. Beautiful. Ty.

One thing I really resent and regret about myself is not getting involved in this. I am a visual artist who lived through all this and felt that I really should’ve taken part in this revolution that was taking place and sweeping New York. I definitely had the talent and style to be recognized when I didn’t have with the heart to put myself out there and as a result I’m not even Considered a “also ran” it’s a terrible feeling looking back reading about someone else and saying to yourself “ I should have, I could have!”

EXCELENTE buen pintor,espontáneo y creativo hhh

Wondrous! He seems like Beauty Absolute to me 💔 The title of the full documentary is ' 'Jean Michel Basquiat -- The Radiant Child' .....totally fitting! I go onto Pinterest for a glimpse of the beauty & presence of that face! Looking forward to purchasing the DVD -- happy that so much is.available on A- - - - N, including a 'real film' with Bowie as Warhol, & Jeffrey Wright as The Man 💔

Observing. What the artist creating ☆

My favorite artist. I have a Basquiat shower curtain.

"Now Here's a little Story I've got ta tell" -Mike D

legend!!

Lover Basquiat artwork ❤️❤️great Vidio dovumenter....

👏🏻👏🏻 Great video ☮💗

This is a high quality film, right?

she's Beautiful, wow. this Guy had it all, it's a shame he died

He can’t really describe his work because he’s not thinking he’s just letting it come out. That’s working from a true creative state not putting anything on something just letting it flow and be without trying.

멋찝니다~~

whoever that was on the tv around 3:20 when she says "movie he might be looking at" , ws getting THEE SHYT slapped out of them lol. damn

Mike D from the Beastie Boys is married to Tamra Davis. cool couple.

Such beautiful art, so moving. You can see his drug use in his skin, such a sad ending.

2:18 - 2:31 2:18 - 2:31 2:18 - 2:31 If only people could understand how important a space away from other people really is for a creative.

Just believe and do the learning on your own and use your inner child imagination and creativity and you to will get there don't copy other's people's art just take reference color skims but do your on expression based on your life and time experience that is what JMB made

Un génie

He should have stayed close to the fam. Rip young King!

“Must of been a slow process, what can I say I’m a slow person” hahaha

be nice to see them in person think they'd affect me more deeply

1:24 Bam!

I’m confused why does everyone only mention that he is African American and not say he was both Puerto Rican and Haitian? Most say he is black? I love knowing about both sides.

"I know people who have sold those things" -Through the Mouth of a "Friend"

Afro-Latino, Puerto Rican & Haitian artists

💗🤴🏿

People in the 80s hated to talk about their paintings

What compels Davis to help Sothebys sell this painting? Was it hers?

I know somebody with unseen Basquiats, maybe she could Identify them?! how do I get a hold of her?

I felt, the I saw. He evolves me. I see the portrait that is of a human who has been caught with their mask off.

did untitled sell on may 18th?

Haitian influences 💯

❤️2:53 ❤️

ONLY REAL NIGGAS KNOW WHAT TAG THIS IS “THIS A HIGH QUALITY FILM RIGHT?” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Where is the art Mecca today?

Really sucks that he died at only 27. Surely his death has attributed to the way his art is percieved and to the enigma that is Basquiat but it still suck that he was so young. Would've loved to just chat with him and smoke a joint, he seemed like a really cool, down to earth creative person who was just having fun with it.

he has nice eyes

“Downtown New York was cheap…”

@2:08 ... young Jack Black?

Basquiat greater

Is the music at the very beginning from Basquiats band...?

VIVA PUERTO RICO!

It was so much easier to become a legend back then. Too much saturation now. And being enigmatic is a liability in most cases. There are so many talented artists and creatives now and everyone can put there art out for the world too see. As opposed to people being talked about snd discovered by traditional outlets. Its much harder to differentiate and standout now. Like if Jean-Michel was born in the 90s and an adult now he would probably wouldn’t be “Basquiat” Social Media has changed the game unfortunately. Its not impossible but it’s definitely different. Virgil Abloh maybe is a legend of our day and future generations in fashion and art will speak of him but he’s going to be replaced in a few years unless he manages to pull off a Lagerfeld and even then he still has to keep up commercially his true essence is hindered by the “importance” of making money. Anyone who doesn’t think so is ignorant.

Weed and art go together like Adam and Eve.

theVICtor U gets to tell tales of vict-him

So many nice words and caring words ONCE hes famous. Then x2 when hes a MARDYR. People are funny.

From wich film it is taken from?

Now I know where the weeknd got his iconic hair from

did he pass away from overdose?

One hell of a lot of skulls. I kind of get it.

1:28 thats some hardcore gum smacking

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So his story lives on, but his work was owned by who and who gets a profit?

Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder because, if I lived to be a thousand, I will never understand how he got to be compared to Michelangelo and Picasso. I used to see art like his in the stalls of my high school bathroom. At the time I never thought of contacting Sothebys. It may be possible that half of the art world is nothing but bullshit and hype.

It's Sad that Everytime you see an interview with Basquiat He's Stoned Out of His Mind on Heroin.

JM is the perfect example of what cocaine and heroin will do to a person. I wish so much he had got to recovery. What a loss to our world.

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I'm sorry. I have met Al Diaz....Basquiats art partner under the tag SAMO.....this is not an accurate accounting of Jean-Michel. He was definitely smart. He was also calculating, manipulative, mean, and angry. Ultimately, the art world and fame wasn't the liberating vehicle that Basquiat fantasized about. Rather it was a noose that choked every bit of his humanity outta him til there was no more. Basquiat is both a hero and a cautionary tale.

I really wasn’t Impressed with Basquiat’s work when I saw the magazines. It looked to me like primitive child like Crap that was thrown together. I hated it. Then I got the opportunity to go to an exhibit where his work was being shown. Seeing the work in person totally changed my perspective. You cannot appreciate the power in those pieces unless you are there personally looking at them. Does she have size overwhelms you and changes any opinion you have of the work just by looking at it in a tiny picture. Seeing his work up close and personal made me appreciate his visionIngenious