Jean-Michel Basquiat
Made on Market Street
March 7 – June 1, 2024
Gagosian is pleased to announce Made on Market Street, the first exhibition focused exclusively on works that Jean-Michel Basquiat produced in Los Angeles. Curated by Fred Hoffman with Larry Gagosian, the exhibition will be on view from March 7 to June 1, 2024. With exhibition design by Stefan Beckman, Made on Market Street features loans from the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat; the Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles; Museum Brandhorst, Munich; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and other public and private collections.
Between November 1982 and May 1984, Basquiat produced approximately a hundred paintings, numerous works on paper, and six silkscreen editions in Venice, California. For an artist closely affiliated with the New York art scene of the 1980s, Basquiat was extraordinarily prolific in Los Angeles. Made on Market Street reflects on this consequential era by bringing together nearly thirty works—several of which are among his most important paintings. Larry Gagosian notes, “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.”
Feature Image:
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
