EXHIBITION / BASQUIAT X WARHOL AT FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON IN PARIS, FROM APRIL 5 TO AUGUST 28, 2023

BASQUIAT X WARHOL 'PAINTING FOUR HANDS' 

 April 05 > August28, 2023 

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FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON 

www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr

In 2018, the Fondation featured the “Jean-Michel Basquiat” exhibition. It continues its exploration of the work of the artist, revealing, this time, his collaboration with Andy Warhol.

Between 1984 and 1985, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) and Andy Warhol (1928-1987) created around 160 paintings together in tandem, “à quatre mains”, including some of the largest works produced during their respective careers. Keith Haring (1958-1990), who witnessed their friendship and collaboration production, would go on to speak of a “conversation occurring through painting, instead of words,” and of two minds merging to create a “third distinctive and unique mind.”
“Basquiat × Warhol. Painting four hands” is the most important exhibition ever dedicated to this extraordinary body of work and brings together more than three hundred works and documents including eighty canvases jointly signed by the two artists. Also featured are individual works by each as well as a set of works by other major artists (Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer, Kenny Scharf, Michael Halsband…) in order to evoke the energy of the New York downtown art scene of the 1980s.

FR - Après l'exposition « Jean-Michel Basquiat » en 2018, la Fondation poursuit son exploration de l'œuvre de l'artiste, mettant à l'honneur sa collaboration avec Andy Warhol.

Ainsi, « Basquiat x Warhol, à quatre mains », l’exposition la plus importante jamais consacrée à cette œuvre singulière, regroupe plus de trois cents œuvres et documents dont quatre-vingts toiles signées conjointement ; sont aussi présentées des œuvres individuelles de chaque artiste, ainsi qu’un ensemble de travaux de Michael Halsband, Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer, Kenny Scharf... afin de restituer la scène artistique du downtown new-yorkais des années 1980.

Crédits : Michael Halsband, Andy Warhol & Jean-Michel Basquiat #143 New York City, July 10 1985 (détail) © Michael Halsband, 2023