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Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Fan account of Neo-Expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Basquiat's art focused on "suggestive dichotomies", such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience.  

Shades, Robert Rauschenberg, 1964, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation Size: composition (each, irreg.): 14 x 14" (35.5 x 35.5 cm); other (panel): 14 x 14" (35.5 x 35.5 cm); other (box): 15 1/8 x 14 ½ x 11 ¾" (38.4 x 36.8 x 29.9 cm) Medium: Multiple with six lithographs on plexiglass panels: one mounted permanently and five interchangeably in a slotted aluminum frame, and illuminated by an intermittent light bulb