On View: ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat: Made on Market Street’ at Gagosian Beverly Hills, Explores Artist’s Early 1980s Experience in Los Angeles

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On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions

Installation view of “Jean-Michel Basquiat: Made on Market Street,” 2024, Gagosian Beverly Hills. | Artwork © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Photo by Jeff McLane, Courtesy Gagosian

BORN IN BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) found his footing in the New York art scene, just over the bridge in Manhattan, in the 1980s. “Jean-Michel Basquiat: Made on Market Street” is the first exhibition to focus on the work he made in Los Angeles, Calif., between 1982 and 1984. Basquiat produced about 100 paintings, countless works on paper, and six silkscreen editions in collaboration with Fred Hoffman.

Curated by Hoffman with Larry Gagosian, the exhibition features nearly 30 paintings on loan from public and private collections and The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, along with archival materials. Works inspired by jazz music, hip hop, and the experiences of Black men are on view. “Hollywood Africans,” “Horn Players,” and “Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown),” all made in 1983, are among the paintings featured.

The show highlights the connection between the artist and Gagosian with the title of the exhibition referencing the street where the art dealer lived in Venice and Basquiat stayed and worked, during his time in Los Angeles. CT

“Los Angeles has always been a great city for artists and Jean-Michel seemed to find it a refreshing change from New York. While the immensity of his talent was immediately apparent, it was nonetheless a highlight of my own career to work with him, to introduce him to Los Angeles, and to witness the amazing impact that his art and legacy have made on our culture.” — Larry Gagosian

“Jean-Michel Basquiat: Made on Market Street” is on view at Gagosian Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, Calif., from March 7-June 1, 2024

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, “Flexible,” 1984 (acrylic and oil stick on wood, 102 x 75 inches / 259.1 x 190.5 cm). | Private collection, Beverly Hills, Calif. © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Photo by Jeff McLane, Courtesy Gagosian

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, “Horn Players,” 1983 (acrylic and oil stick on canvas mounted on wood supports, in 3 parts – Overall: 96 x 75 inches / 243.8 x 190.5 cm). | The Broad Art Foundation. © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Photo by Rob McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, “Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown),” 1983 (acrylic, oil stick, and paper collage on canvas, 83 3/4 × 83 3/4 inches / 212.7 × 212.7 cm). | Private collection. © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York, Courtesy Gagosian

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, “Hollywood Africans,” 1983 (acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 84 1/8 x 84 inches / 213.5 x 213.4 cm). | Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Gift of Douglas S. Cramer. © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Photo: © Whitney Museum of American Art/Licensed by Scala/Art Resource, NY. Courtesy Gagosian

BOOKSHELF
Numerous books have been published about the art and life of Jean-Michel Basquiat. “Jean-Michel Basquiat: Made on Market Street” documents the Gagosian Beverly Hills show and features a conversation among Larry Gagosian, Fred Hoffman, filmmaker Tamra Davis, and Basquiat’s sisters, Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux. Recent exhibition catalogs include “Jean-Michel Basquiat King Pleasure©,” which accompanied the expansive traveling survey organized by the artist’s family; “Jean-Michel Basquiat,” from Foundation Louis Vuitton; “Basquiat’s ‘Defacement’: The Untold Story,” documenting Chaédria LaBouvier’s exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York; “Jean-Michel Basquiat” (2010); and “Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks,” published on the occasion of the first-ever survey of the rarely seen notebooks of Basquiat, which featured the artist’s handwritten, doodles, notes, and poems. Additional volumes include “Jean-Michel Basquiat” (2015) by Robert Farris Thompson and Renee Ricard; “Jean-Michel Basquiat XXL,” “Jean-Michel Basquiat: Art and Objecthood,” “Jean-Michel Basquiat: Of Symbols and Signs,” and “Keith Haring/Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines.” For children, consider “Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat,” “Jean-Michel Basquiat” (from the Little People, Big Dreams series), and “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me,” which is written by Maya Angelou and features Basquiat’s art.