Collaboration (Crab), 1984–1985
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
AND ANDY WARHOL
Acrylic, silkscreen ink, and oilstick on linen, 40.6 × 50.8 cm
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection
Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. 1998.1.490
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AND ANDY WARHOL
Sharp Teeth, 1984–1985
Acrylic, silkscreen ink, and oilstick on canvas, 40.6 × 50.2 cm Private collection
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AND ANDY WARHOL
Crab, 1984–1985
Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas, 40.6 × 50.8 cm
Courtesy The Brant Foundation, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Number 5, 1984
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AND FRANCESCO CLEMENTE
Oil, acrylic, and collage on canvas, 102 × 204 cm
Courtesy Francesco Clemente Studio
DB: Did you watch them during their collaboration?
PP: Yes, though I never saw them paint simultaneously. I don’t think Jean-Michel would have ever been able to paint next to someone. He liked to have total command of the canvas. The photographs of Andy and Jean-Michel “painting” together look staged to me; they don’t feel natural. When they were together in the studio, they took turns painting. Jean-Michel would be eating something, while Andy would be painting, then Jean-Michel would go over and paint while Andy was on the phone doing interviews or working on other art projects. Then Jean-Michel would smoke while Andy did something on the canvas. They would be in the same room, but I never saw them working on the same canvas at the same time. There was a kind of an unspoken choreography in a way, the way they moved through the room.
DB: What did they talk about?
PP: They talked about food a lot, or which restaurant to go to for dinner. Or they’d gossip and talk about art exhibitions. They’d talk about celebrities. They’d talk about current events. It was very domestic.
DB: Did they listen to music?
PP: Jean-Michel loved reggae, so they listened to Bob Marley and UB40 and Jimmy Cliff. They listened to a lot of jazz … Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Max Roach. Sometimes they played Blondie or Madonna or Grandmaster Flash. Andy liked Maria Callas. Jean-Michel was a musician himself. He played the drums and the clarinet. He was in a band with Vincent Gallo and Michael Holman called Gray.
DB: Is there anything else you remember that you feel is important for the story of the collaborations?
PP: Jean-Michel and Andy had a big falling-out in 1985. Their show at Tony Shafrazi Gallery of their collaboration paintings got a really bad review in the New York Times. The reviewer dismissed Jean-Michel as an “all too willing accessory” to Andy’s “manipulations.” After that, Jean-Michel gradually distanced himself from Andy. Andy was confused and would ask me why Jean-Michel wouldn’t answer his calls. Andy would ask me to call Jean-Michel, but I refused. Gradually, Andy came to accept their estrangement. And Andy and I became closer in the aftermath.
I broke up with Jean-Michel at the end of 1984. After that I saw Jean-Michel very infrequently, and after Andy and Jean-Michel had their falling out, I saw him only a handful of times. I did remain friends with Jean-Michel’s family, particularly his father Gerard and his sister Jeanine, for many years after Jean-Michel’s death in 1988.
The collaborations took Jean-Michel to this other elevation. It really was a pinnacle for him.
Paige Powell, Jean-Michel Basquiat at Barbetta Restaurant, New York City 1983. Collection of Paige Powell
Jennifer Chaitman, Benjamin Liu, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Paige Powell, 1982–1985. Chromogenic color print, 14.3 × 23.5 cm.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection Contribution
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. T3835
PAGE 145: Paige Powell Archive, Jennifer Chaitman, Benjamin Liu, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Paige Powell, Upper West Side on Columbus Avenue, New York, 1983. Collection of Paige Powell
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AND ANDY WARHOL
Apples and Lemons, 1985
Acrylic, oilstick, and synthetic polymer paint silkscreened on canvas, 206 × 268.5 cm
Collection Thaddaeus Ropac, London • Paris • Salzburg • Seoul
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AND ANDY WARHOL Eggs, 1985
Acrylic, silkscreen ink, and oilstick on canvas, 203.2 × 283 cm Private collection, Tampa, Florida, United States
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THE NEW YORK SCENE
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