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Michel Basquiat
exhibition of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat to celebrate the inauguration
of its new space in New York City’s East Village. Located at 421 East 6th
Street, the space occupies a century-old building originally designed as a
substation for Consolidated Edison. The building subsequently served as the
home and studio of famed artist Walter De Maria from the mid... more >> In March of 2019, The Brant Foundation will present a solo
exhibition of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat to celebrate the inauguration
of its new space in New York City’s East Village. Located at 421 East 6th
Street, the space occupies a century-old building originally designed as a
substation for Consolidated Edison. The building subsequently served as the
home and studio of famed artist Walter De Maria from the mid-1980s until
his death in 2013.
Organized in collaboration with the Fondation Louis Vuitton
and curated by Brant Foundation founder Peter M. Brant and Dr. Dieter
Buchhart, the inaugural exhibition will bring together Basquiat’s most
important masterworks from the Brant Collections as well as from
international museums and private collections. Dr. Buchhart says, “The
retrospective will show Basquiat as a resolutely contemporary artist who
created a foretaste of our Internet society by using cut-and-paste sampling
from his surroundings. With the astonishing radicalness of his artistic
practice, Basquiat renewed the concept of art with enduring impact.”
As a collector of Basquiat’s work since the 1980s, Peter M. Brant has
amassed a collection of some of the artist’s most important works from
throughout his career. The Brant Foundation is pleased to premiere its
second space with this inaugural Basquiat survey – reconnecting the East
Village to a seminal figure of its past. “Basquiat has been a cornerstone
of the East Village art scene for decades, and to bring his work back to
the neighborhood that inspired it is a great privilege,” says Brant. “Our
family is thrilled to launch The Brant Foundation’s New York space with an
artist who is central to the collection, and above all to share his legacy
with the community that was fundamental in shaping it.”
