This is the fifth talk of the six-part series Colorstruck! Painting, Pigment, Affect, presented by Richard J. Powell of Duke University for the 71st A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Learn more about the series.
This talk pairs the works of the 1980s art legend Jean-Michel Basquiat and the innovative Haitian-born, Paris-based painter Hervé Télémaque—compatriots in spotlighting the transgressive powers of the autographic paintbrush and the maker’s mark. Their mutual interest in history and their shared enthusiasm for contemporary signs and insignia not only facilitated postmodern interpretations of Blackness but also conveyed an astute understanding of painting’s affective reach via color.
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