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The Family of Jean-Michel Basquiat Announces Sir David Adjaye OBE as Exhibition Designer for Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure©, Also Reveals Details of the Exhibition's Themes and Environments Opens April 9, 2022 at the NYC Landmark…
NEW YORK , Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The family of Jean-Michel Basquiat has announced that renowned architect will serve as the Exhibition Designer for . The exhibition at NYC landmark, the and will feature over 200 never before and rarely seen paintings, drawings, ephemera and artifacts to give an intimate and multidimensional portrait of Jean-Michel that can only be told by his family. This exhibition will create a space where the family can celebrate Jean-Michel and share his work and story with everyone. is curated and executive produced solely by the estate. The family has also shared the themes and environments that will make up the exhibition, each of which will have works, artifacts, and a dedicated soundtrack.
- This section of the exhibition introduces audiences to Jean-Michel, his family and his heritage with several self-portraits on display.
- This section provides an overview of Jean-Michel's childhood in Brooklyn and Puerto Rico . It will include an environmental evocation of Jean-Michel's childhood home, ephemera and works by Jean-Michel including newsletters from City-as-School, sketchbooks, personal notes and effects, home movies, interviews with family members, early drawings and sculptures.
- This section details Jean-Michel's meteoric early success including solo shows in New York and Los Angeles in 1982, as well as being the youngest of 176 artists exhibited at Documenta 7 in Kassel, Germany . This section includes paintings and other ephemera.
- Jean-Michel's Great Jones Street studio will be recreated and include paintings, drawings, sketches, personal effects, his furniture, bicycle (his main method of transportation since he had trouble catching a cab), and his videotape and book collections.
- This section will consist of several thematically arranged galleries with approximately 100 paintings and drawings. All works are owned by the Estate and most of them have never been seen before.
- In 1985, Jean-Michel created two paintings, and , for iconic NYC nightclub Palladium's VIP area, the Michael Todd Room. The exhibition will recreate this space including video and soundtrack. This gallery also showcases Jean-Michel's participation in the club scene.
- This gallery will contain oral histories from members of Jean-Michel's family and a close circle of friends as well as posthumous awards and exhibitions.
is an internationally acclaimed Ghanian-British architect celebrated for his ingenious use of materials, sculptural ability, and singular vision. He is the founder of Adjaye Associates which operates globally with studios in
Accra , London , and
New York . His largest project to date, in
Washington, DC . In addition,
David Adjaye is known for his frequent collaborations with contemporary artists on installations and exhibitions.
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of visionary design firm has created the exhibition identity, exhibition graphics, and accompanying book for . Pentagram is a multi-disciplinary design studio independently owned and run by a group of partners who are all working designers. Miller has evolved a hybrid design practice that crosses from page to screen to narrative and architectural environments. He has collaborated with the Guggenheim Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago , and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and done books for Matthew Barney , Louise Bourgeois , Nam June Paik , Matisse, and The Rolling Stones among others.
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The Basquiat family is producing the exhibition with , Principal of . ISG Productions specializes in the management, creative development and production of cultural, entertainment, and educational experiences that inspire and inform. Gallagher has worked on landmark popular culture and arts-related projects including: Clive Davis Gallery , NYU ; and , traveling exhibition; at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
has been announced as the initial participating sponsor of .
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