Notes to Basquiat: Poet and Muse
2000
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Measurements
152.5 × 182.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of Mr Henry Gillespie, Governor, 2001
© The Estate of Gordon Bennett
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Brisbane, Queensland
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse: G. Bennett 31 - 5 - 2000 / "NOTES TO BASQUIAT : POET AND MUSE" / Acrylic on Linen 152. x 182.5 cms
Accession Number
2001.522
Department
Contemporary Art
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Subjects (general)
Another Work Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
appropriation (imagery) Australian Aboriginal (culture and style) Basquiat, Jean-Michel heads (representations) postcolonialism racial discrimination skeletons (animal components) words (layout features)
Movements
Contemporary (style of art)