TY - JOUR
T1 - Jean-Michel Basquiat and Antiquity
AU - Connolly, Serena
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Classical antiquity was a significant but overlooked interlocutor in Jean-Michel Basquiat's well-studied conversations with black history and his contemporary world. Basquiat drew on his knowledge of classical antiquity to explore issues of culture and heritage, imperialism, and social exclusion. The interaction of themes from ancient history, black history, and American history in his paintings provided him ways to think about military, political, and cultural imperialism in America's past and present. His references to classical antiquity are part of a larger investigation into the dynamics of power that grows out of his own complex background, experiences, and self-education.
AB - Classical antiquity was a significant but overlooked interlocutor in Jean-Michel Basquiat's well-studied conversations with black history and his contemporary world. Basquiat drew on his knowledge of classical antiquity to explore issues of culture and heritage, imperialism, and social exclusion. The interaction of themes from ancient history, black history, and American history in his paintings provided him ways to think about military, political, and cultural imperialism in America's past and present. His references to classical antiquity are part of a larger investigation into the dynamics of power that grows out of his own complex background, experiences, and self-education.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1093/crj/clx012
DO - https://doi.org/10.1093/crj/clx012
M3 - Article
VL - 10
SP - 1
EP - 20
JO - Classical Receptions Journal
JF - Classical Receptions Journal
SN - 1759-5134
IS - 1
ER -