“Sketchbook for Arto,” Jean-Michel Basquiat, May 7 (Opening 3-6pm). May 28
AS IF are currently presenting an exhibition of 25 pages from a never-before-exhibited sketchbook of drawings by the late great artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, made for musician Arto Lindsay in 1981 in an East Village apartment where Lindsay was staying. The notebook illustrates Basquiat's hand at absurdist and concrete poetry with equally fragmented drawings incorporating his sputters of speech.
"I was staying at JL's apartment while he was out of town. The last thing JL said before he left was "Don't let J-M stay over." Of course the minute he left J-M showed up and stayed the weekend with me. When J-M left, he left these notebook pages for me on top of my stuff.
Arto Lindsay, 2011
AS IF Gallery | 529 Manhattan Ave New York NY 10027
Photo's courtesy animalnewyork
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