1 00:00:38,915 --> 00:00:41,488 You should put your chair here. 2 00:00:45,504 --> 00:00:46,619 This side. 3 00:00:49,717 --> 00:00:51,508 Welcome to Téléland! 4 00:00:51,718 --> 00:00:55,052 I must not think that I am filmed. 5 00:01:01,394 --> 00:01:02,805 This is good? 6 00:01:04,647 --> 00:01:05,975 - Ready? - Yes. 7 00:01:14,614 --> 00:01:16,737 This is a quality film, eh? 8 00:01:31,546 --> 00:01:35,758 Dad, I'll become famous 9 00:01:58,863 --> 00:02:00,274 I really envied... 10 00:02:00,490 --> 00:02:03,027 but it was too fragile for this world < / i> 11 00:02:17,172 --> 00:02:19,793 Basquiat was first famous for its art 12 00:02:20,007 --> 00:02:22,961 Then he became famous for his celebrity 13 00:02:23,177 --> 00:02:25,419 Before being famous for its infamy 14 00:02:41,944 --> 00:02:44,482 As a king, he ruled by talent 15 00:03:17,352 --> 00:03:20,436 In the late 70s, New York knows the crisis . 16 00:03:20,646 --> 00:03:22,021 Crime reign 17 00:03:22,523 --> 00:03:24,729 Times Square is dominated by the drug, 18 00:03:24,942 --> 00:03:26,851 prostitution and sex shops . 19 00:03:27,277 --> 00:03:31,820 Perhaps because it is part many poignant film 20 00:03:32,032 --> 00:03:34,902 Midnight Cowboy, Taxi Driver... 21 00:03:35,118 --> 00:03:38,866 New York has some sort of mysterious aura at the time 22 00:03:39,747 --> 00:03:41,989 Manhattan, Downtown attracts 23 00:03:42,208 --> 00:03:45,659 art students, marginalized, misfits 24 00:03:45,878 --> 00:03:48,748 All circumstances are met 25 00:03:48,964 --> 00:03:51,371 for creativity and inspiration 26 00:03:51,591 --> 00:03:55,339 coexist in obscure splendor and spectacular 27 00:03:56,637 --> 00:03:59,175 Everyone was everything. We had a group 28 00:03:59,390 --> 00:04:01,928 We were painter, actor, sculptor, 29 00:04:02,268 --> 00:04:05,434 writer, poet. It was everything. 30 00:04:05,646 --> 00:04:09,061 People came to be musicians, writers, etc.. 31 00:04:09,274 --> 00:04:12,358 They had the means to live in Manhattan 32 00:04:12,569 --> 00:04:14,478 and do what they wanted. 33 00:04:15,071 --> 00:04:18,107 No need to have a stable job to be an artist. 34 00:04:18,699 --> 00:04:21,819 Suffice it to say we are director 35 00:04:22,036 --> 00:04:24,989 and organize its first screening 36 00:04:25,789 --> 00:04:26,785 for the future. 37 00:04:27,416 --> 00:04:31,413 Everyone lived and worked around Bowery. 38 00:04:31,628 --> 00:04:35,577 Strolling, we met everyone. 39 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:39,043 The evening Downtown became the playground 40 00:04:39,260 --> 00:04:42,878 a group of 500 or 600 people. 41 00:04:51,271 --> 00:04:54,225 Howie Montag spoke of "Downtown 500". 42 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,516 There were about 500 people 43 00:04:56,901 --> 00:04:59,570 who knew all. We were in art 44 00:04:59,904 --> 00:05:01,102 And fashion. 45 00:05:01,322 --> 00:05:02,946 We found all. 46 00:05:21,507 --> 00:05:24,176 I started seeing strange poems 47 00:05:24,676 --> 00:05:25,957 in the city. 48 00:05:28,388 --> 00:05:30,795 " A pin drops as a pungent odor." 49 00:05:31,015 --> 00:05:34,633 © Samo. Or "Make soup, build a strong, fire." 50 00:05:38,856 --> 00:05:42,059 These tags in SoHo, it was weird 51 00:05:42,276 --> 00:05:45,479 because it was not graffiti hip-hop. 52 00:05:48,114 --> 00:05:50,486 This was for the world of art. 53 00:05:53,244 --> 00:05:56,411 Many We were wondering who was Samo. 54 00:05:56,622 --> 00:05:58,330 "You know Samo?" 55 00:05:58,541 --> 00:06:00,367 "This is an old woman." 56 00:06:00,876 --> 00:06:03,414 It turned out that it was Jean-Michel. 57 00:06:04,046 --> 00:06:05,208 You had an accomplice? 58 00:06:05,422 --> 00:06:07,046 A Al Diaz. 59 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,548 We started graffiti when we were in school. 60 00:06:14,013 --> 00:06:18,224 We wanted to make a conceptual art project. 61 00:06:20,978 --> 00:06:25,189 The goal when making graffiti, is the glory. 62 00:06:29,235 --> 00:06:31,691 Get a status recognition. 63 00:06:31,904 --> 00:06:34,063 It is said:.. "I control this space 64 00:06:34,282 --> 00:06:35,942 " and I will be known " 65 00:06:36,742 --> 00:06:38,948 Jean has always wanted to be famous 66 00:06:39,578 --> 00:06:42,863 SoHo News began to publish our graffiti. 67 00:06:44,666 --> 00:06:48,284 It was not like other graffiti artists, 68 00:06:48,670 --> 00:06:50,876 who write their name 69 00:06:51,089 --> 00:06:52,832 and sometimes have a painterly appearance 70 00:06:53,049 --> 00:06:56,382 Graffiti Samo had a poetic content 71 00:06:57,303 --> 00:06:58,417 =. = It was a success 72 00:06:58,888 --> 00:07:01,805 There was talk about him in his own way 73 00:07:02,224 --> 00:07:04,347 There taguait in a new area 74 00:07:04,559 --> 00:07:06,219 The people saw 75 00:07:14,193 --> 00:07:17,147 It is around Canal Street that everything Password 76 00:07:17,363 --> 00:07:19,439 Those who are lost may find 77 00:07:19,657 --> 00:07:21,530 here and now, in this area! 78 00:07:24,327 --> 00:07:26,450 We decided to have a party 79 00:07:26,705 --> 00:07:28,496 to be called "Canal Zone Party". 80 00:07:29,249 --> 00:07:31,455 John heard about this party. 81 00:07:31,876 --> 00:07:34,912 Someone said: "Samo is there." 82 00:07:35,338 --> 00:07:36,582 I replied: 83 00:07:37,256 --> 00:07:37,956 "Really?" 84 00:07:38,173 --> 00:07:42,502 He said: "He wants to meet you." I asked where. He was there. 85 00:07:42,928 --> 00:07:46,925 Samo! You saw on the walls, especially in the Village. 86 00:07:47,140 --> 00:07:49,631 This gentleman is Samo. 87 00:07:50,226 --> 00:07:52,681 - What you look like? - I had a shaved head. 88 00:07:53,145 --> 00:07:55,932 When I left home, I wanted to hide . 89 00:07:56,857 --> 00:07:59,728 They seek not a guy with a shaved head. 90 00:08:02,154 --> 00:08:05,190 John wrote: "Which of these symbols is everywhere?" 91 00:08:05,407 --> 00:08:08,360 He ​​had to choose between Lee Harvey Oswald, Coca-Cola, etc.. 92 00:08:08,576 --> 00:08:11,530 Graffiti in QCM Samo. 93 00:08:14,081 --> 00:08:16,240 Later, John asked: 94 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:18,991 "You wanna start a band?" I said yes. 95 00:08:19,378 --> 00:08:22,047 And that night, we created "Gray". 96 00:08:35,643 --> 00:08:37,552 The peculiarity of the group 97 00:08:37,770 --> 00:08:41,269 is that neither John nor I were not musicians. 98 00:08:41,481 --> 00:08:44,019 Michael played drums like crazy. 99 00:08:44,234 --> 00:08:46,392 Jean did not know play the clarinet. 100 00:08:46,653 --> 00:08:50,697 I was amazed, I had never seen best group. 101 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,532 Mike attended the performance. 102 00:08:56,745 --> 00:08:59,070 He ​​played a kind of machine noise. 103 00:09:03,543 --> 00:09:05,286 Our concert, it gave it. 104 00:09:07,589 --> 00:09:10,625 I remember to have found it very cool. 105 00:09:10,842 --> 00:09:14,506 The girls seemed to like it too. It was new! 106 00:09:15,971 --> 00:09:19,422 The first public work of Jean-Michel, is Gray. 107 00:09:33,737 --> 00:09:37,486 I was a waitress in a seedy bar 108 00:09:37,699 --> 00:09:39,573 At the corner of 2nd Avenue and 5th Street . 109 00:09:39,868 --> 00:09:43,486 He came, he leaned against the wall. 110 00:09:43,705 --> 00:09:46,112 Sometimes he used the jukebox 111 00:09:46,457 --> 00:09:48,699 and stared at me, without using . 112 00:09:48,918 --> 00:09:52,251 He had a great coat and dreadlocks. 113 00:09:52,963 --> 00:09:54,790 It was a little scary. 114 00:09:56,425 --> 00:09:58,216 It lasted for weeks. 115 00:09:58,468 --> 00:10:00,342 Finally, one day, 116 00:10:00,554 --> 00:10:03,044 he came to sit at the counter 117 00:10:03,556 --> 00:10:06,427 and he ordered a drink. 118 00:10:06,643 --> 00:10:09,513 He ​​ordered what was dearest. 119 00:10:09,729 --> 00:10:11,520 From Rémy Martin. 120 00:10:15,442 --> 00:10:18,396 I realized later that did not sit 121 00:10:18,612 --> 00:10:20,688 because he had no money. 122 00:10:25,076 --> 00:10:28,611 We were broke, we took the train without paying 123 00:10:28,830 --> 00:10:32,163 is encrusted sleeping in people. 124 00:10:32,374 --> 00:10:34,118 This was a time of madness. 125 00:10:43,927 --> 00:10:46,963 Many We were living like this for 18 years. 126 00:10:47,180 --> 00:10:50,880 We landed at New York, we lived day to day. 127 00:10:52,268 --> 00:10:55,802 I really loved the thug life. 128 00:10:56,063 --> 00:11:00,107 Jean led a life much more bohemian. 129 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:01,775 You were broke? 130 00:11:01,985 --> 00:11:03,183 I lived... 131 00:11:03,403 --> 00:11:05,027 right, left? 132 00:11:05,238 --> 00:11:07,526 How do you manage to survive? 133 00:11:08,824 --> 00:11:10,651 I was doing. 134 00:11:12,203 --> 00:11:15,405 We finally survive when needed. 135 00:11:16,164 --> 00:11:17,540 A Brooklyn or Manhattan? 136 00:11:17,833 --> 00:11:19,457 I went to Washington Square Park. 137 00:11:20,293 --> 00:11:23,294 Sometimes you have a part time job? 138 00:11:23,505 --> 00:11:26,422 How you making money 139 00:11:27,091 --> 00:11:28,834 to live? 140 00:11:30,344 --> 00:11:33,795 I was looking for money on the ground Mudd Club Hal Ludica. 141 00:11:34,723 --> 00:11:36,716 We often found. 142 00:11:37,809 --> 00:11:41,344 I wonder how I managed to hold days without sleep, 143 00:11:42,313 --> 00:11:45,065 eating chips and cheese or anything. 144 00:11:45,358 --> 00:11:47,849 What were you thinking at the time? 145 00:11:48,069 --> 00:11:49,860 This is not funny... 146 00:11:50,070 --> 00:11:51,648 From eating chips. 147 00:11:51,864 --> 00:11:54,189 But it costs almost nothing. 148 00:11:55,284 --> 00:11:56,612 Panhandling, 149 00:11:56,952 --> 00:11:58,861 drinking wine with drunks. 150 00:12:03,499 --> 00:12:05,955 Jean-Michel and I we were children of immigrants. 151 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:15,007 If one decides to live in the against-culture 152 00:12:15,218 --> 00:12:19,346 subversively, it's hard to go home. 153 00:12:20,390 --> 00:12:22,382 I refused to go home. 154 00:12:24,018 --> 00:12:26,889 You think I could live indefinitely in the street? 155 00:12:27,271 --> 00:12:29,014 Yes, more or less. 156 00:12:32,734 --> 00:12:35,439 I thought I'd be on the street indefinitely. 157 00:12:35,654 --> 00:12:37,148 This was perhaps a mistake. 158 00:12:38,907 --> 00:12:41,528 In fact, trying to break through. 159 00:12:41,743 --> 00:12:45,657 It seems embarrassing to talk about celebrity. 160 00:12:46,205 --> 00:12:50,368 Because here and now that wants to be famous? 161 00:12:50,584 --> 00:12:52,707 It means nothing. 162 00:12:53,003 --> 00:12:56,787 But it was truly drilling. 163 00:12:57,048 --> 00:13:00,215 And I knew he would succeed. 164 00:13:04,013 --> 00:13:05,721 I heard stories 165 00:13:05,932 --> 00:13:08,090 on the street survival 166 00:13:08,309 --> 00:13:10,348 with girlfriends. 167 00:13:11,854 --> 00:13:14,261 - Really? - In part, yes. 168 00:13:14,690 --> 00:13:16,397 It helped a lot. 169 00:13:16,608 --> 00:13:20,107 You could always find a place to sleep. 170 00:13:22,947 --> 00:13:24,358 It helps, yes. 171 00:13:26,575 --> 00:13:29,031 Once, I remember 172 00:13:29,245 --> 00:13:31,533 to be passed to a preview of Schnabel. 173 00:13:32,039 --> 00:13:34,197 Julian was a star, 174 00:13:34,833 --> 00:13:37,917 the darling of the art world, acclaimed by the press, 175 00:13:38,128 --> 00:13:39,586 hero at Mr. Chow. 176 00:13:39,879 --> 00:13:44,340 I remember what John said: "One day, I will fight against him 177 00:13:44,884 --> 00:13:46,461 " I will fight against him " 178 00:13:50,014 --> 00:13:54,141 He was with an astonishing sophistication 179 00:13:54,351 --> 00:13:55,845 for. a teenager. 180 00:13:56,186 --> 00:13:59,934 He understood perfectly where it should be placed. 181 00:14:00,148 --> 00:14:04,394 At the age of 18, he was already absolute epicenter 182 00:14:04,610 --> 00:14:09,355 the musical avant-garde and artistic the world. 183 00:14:15,453 --> 00:14:19,533 It's time TV Party 184 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,333 Who are these people on TV 185 00:14:24,545 --> 00:14:28,957 They realize all your wildest dreams 186 00:14:32,094 --> 00:14:34,881 In the past, TV Party did discover 187 00:14:35,096 --> 00:14:37,303 the world of graffiti in New York. 188 00:14:38,099 --> 00:14:40,804 Tonight we are lucky to have with us 189 00:14:41,561 --> 00:14:46,021 one who gives the most part language in graffiti. 190 00:14:46,232 --> 00:14:48,390 Samo and his partner. 191 00:14:48,609 --> 00:14:50,233 - "Seimo", sorry. - Mr. Samo. 192 00:14:50,444 --> 00:14:52,270 - My assistant. - Sorry. 193 00:14:52,738 --> 00:14:55,311 You always write different things? 194 00:14:55,532 --> 00:14:57,608 Sometimes I write the same thing. 195 00:14:59,077 --> 00:15:01,318 All depends on my inspiration. 196 00:15:01,537 --> 00:15:03,494 Then he started coming. 197 00:15:10,545 --> 00:15:12,668 He ​​loved the character generator. 198 00:15:13,006 --> 00:15:15,045 There was graffiti on the screen , 199 00:15:15,258 --> 00:15:17,001 comments. 200 00:15:17,218 --> 00:15:18,796 Prostitution increased gamma 201 00:15:19,012 --> 00:15:21,337 Death is a gastric bandage 202 00:15:28,020 --> 00:15:30,178 Before starting to paint, 203 00:15:30,397 --> 00:15:33,351 Jean made postcards. 204 00:15:42,158 --> 00:15:44,234 He sold these cards in the street. 205 00:15:44,451 --> 00:15:46,029 He still had his Iroquois 206 00:15:46,245 --> 00:15:48,533 and clothes stained with paint. 207 00:15:48,872 --> 00:15:50,497 This was a real show. 208 00:15:50,791 --> 00:15:52,617 He entered a restaurant 209 00:15:53,001 --> 00:15:55,788 where Andy Warhol and Henry Geldzahler lunched. 210 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,121 Andy Warhol was a kind 211 00:15:59,340 --> 00:16:01,961 demigod or god. 212 00:16:02,176 --> 00:16:04,085 This was our hero, 213 00:16:04,303 --> 00:16:06,094 It was all for us. 214 00:16:06,305 --> 00:16:07,763 This was the person 215 00:16:08,056 --> 00:16:10,512 for which we were in New York. 216 00:16:11,226 --> 00:16:13,847 He went to present 217 00:16:14,062 --> 00:16:16,600 and proposed their postcards. 218 00:16:16,814 --> 00:16:18,807 Andy Warhol bought 2 or 3 219 00:16:19,192 --> 00:16:21,101 I said. "Tell what?" 220 00:16:21,319 --> 00:16:23,228 He said: "I've been there, that's all." 221 00:16:23,487 --> 00:16:26,192 I asked what had been thought Geldzahler. 222 00:16:26,407 --> 00:16:29,193 "He thought it was young." I said, "Really?" 223 00:16:33,288 --> 00:16:36,242 Andy was the best, he wanted to be the best. 224 00:16:36,457 --> 00:16:39,541 It was therefore natural that he wants to work with him. 225 00:16:39,794 --> 00:16:42,913 It would surely have loved attend Picasso. 226 00:16:55,391 --> 00:16:57,598 I went out every night. Him too. 227 00:16:58,478 --> 00:17:00,304 We often went out together. 228 00:17:00,604 --> 00:17:03,095 Jean-Michel wanted to be an artist, 229 00:17:03,315 --> 00:17:05,142 an artist of his time. 230 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,351 The artists exhibited like that. 231 00:17:14,784 --> 00:17:18,200 With John we went out, we broke. 232 00:17:18,412 --> 00:17:20,037 They danced. 233 00:17:20,456 --> 00:17:22,283 We bought a drink, 234 00:17:22,541 --> 00:17:24,083 is smoked. 235 00:17:24,293 --> 00:17:28,041 You know the kind? It was really the 400 blows. 236 00:17:29,965 --> 00:17:33,583 At the time, it was darling, the prince of this medium. 237 00:17:33,802 --> 00:17:36,209 He had an amazing way dancing. 238 00:17:36,429 --> 00:17:38,717 More cool it, you die. 239 00:17:41,767 --> 00:17:44,803 The girls clung to him like glue . 240 00:17:46,230 --> 00:17:47,724 He broke hearts. 241 00:17:52,777 --> 00:17:55,861 I met on the trail of the Mudd Club. 242 00:17:56,656 --> 00:17:59,989 He was pretty broke. 243 00:18:00,367 --> 00:18:03,534 I saw his drawings. So when I crossed, 244 00:18:03,746 --> 00:18:06,201 I told him: "You should make art." 245 00:18:06,415 --> 00:18:09,499 And I gave him money. "Go buy the paper, 246 00:18:09,709 --> 00:18:12,995 "Do some work and I sell 247 00:18:13,213 --> 00:18:15,252 ." It will make you money " 248 00:18:17,967 --> 00:18:21,501 Great artists have a characteristic. Insurance 249 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,713 that can only come from their same 250 00:18:23,931 --> 00:18:28,426 And he was even 18 or 19 251 00:18:30,478 --> 00:18:33,812 We all believed in him We knew he was gifted 252 00:18:34,857 --> 00:18:37,478 He was known while being mowed 253 00:18:40,279 --> 00:18:43,196 . Elio Fiorucci had a shop on the 59th 254 00:18:43,615 --> 00:18:46,320 and he loved the middle of Downtown 255 00:18:46,535 --> 00:18:49,156 One day he said: "What happens is fascinating. 256 00:18:49,371 --> 00:18:51,244 "Should make a movie." 257 00:18:51,456 --> 00:18:53,365 It said: "Good idea!" 258 00:18:58,629 --> 00:19:02,045 It was the story of a young artist struggling 259 00:19:02,257 --> 00:19:06,124 in the cruel world of Manhattan. But he succeeded. 260 00:19:07,888 --> 00:19:11,719 We decided to host in local production. 261 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:14,887 It was a way be sure to find it. 262 00:19:17,980 --> 00:19:21,100 We bought him his very first canvas for the film. 263 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:22,942 And one day, 264 00:19:23,610 --> 00:19:26,315 there was a great photo. 265 00:19:26,530 --> 00:19:30,064 I said, "That's enough, these tips street!" 266 00:19:30,658 --> 00:19:34,656 I tore a large piece. I hung 267 00:19:34,871 --> 00:19:37,408 and it is set for days. 268 00:19:37,623 --> 00:19:39,247 It was very complex. 269 00:19:43,629 --> 00:19:45,372 This is the indicator draw 270 00:19:45,797 --> 00:19:48,253 I knew he would be famous. 271 00:19:50,385 --> 00:19:53,136 Working on Downtown 81 at the time 272 00:19:53,346 --> 00:19:54,888 They sold his first canvas. 273 00:19:58,559 --> 00:20:01,513 Glenn O'Brien had introduced Deborah Harry, 274 00:20:01,812 --> 00:20:04,267 who bought his table $ 200. 275 00:20:04,731 --> 00:20:07,483 He was delighted to have $ 200. 276 00:20:08,360 --> 00:20:10,518 He came to invite me to dinner. 277 00:20:10,737 --> 00:20:14,402 We went to a Chinese restaurant 2nd Avenue. 278 00:20:14,615 --> 00:20:16,608 He told me: "Order what you want." 279 00:20:16,826 --> 00:20:20,443 The most expensive thing would cost $ 10, 280 00:20:20,704 --> 00:20:22,329 but it was important. 281 00:20:27,043 --> 00:20:29,997 He moved with me shortly after our meeting. 282 00:20:30,213 --> 00:20:34,080 I did not want it specially, but it happened. 283 00:20:37,136 --> 00:20:40,255 I forbade him to my room. He ​​slept in the living room. 284 00:20:40,472 --> 00:20:43,805 It was very innocent. 285 00:20:46,436 --> 00:20:47,978 I wanted it works 286 00:20:48,313 --> 00:20:50,638 to contribute to the cost. 287 00:20:50,857 --> 00:20:53,145 We were arguing because of that. 288 00:20:54,819 --> 00:20:58,437 He ended up working with a friend electrician. 289 00:20:58,781 --> 00:21:03,110 I was very proud that make this effort. 290 00:21:04,494 --> 00:21:08,326 On returning home, he started to cry. 291 00:21:08,540 --> 00:21:11,493 He said: "I can not, I want to participate in the rent 292 00:21:11,709 --> 00:21:14,414 " But I refuse to be humiliated like this 293 00:21:14,628 --> 00:21:18,127 " We went to a rich lady on Park Avenue. 294 00:21:18,340 --> 00:21:20,498 "She treated me like a slave 295 00:21:20,717 --> 00:21:22,544 " I can not stand " 296 00:21:24,387 --> 00:21:27,756 It was something very moving 297 00:21:29,350 --> 00:21:32,434 It was agreed:.. I would work, he would paint 298 00:21:39,109 --> 00:21:41,814 Expo Times Square has made the Village Voice 299 00:21:42,029 --> 00:21:44,698 This was the first exhibition of radical art 80 300 00:21:49,786 --> 00:21:52,573 =. = Everyone could come and proclaim artist 301 00:21:52,788 --> 00:21:55,824 There was more than one hundred artists 302 00:21:56,125 --> 00:21:59,209 A Times Square, was the first time that Jean-Michel 303 00:21:59,503 --> 00:22:03,749 participated in a real expo organized 304 00:22:05,175 --> 00:22:08,378 I did participate Jean-Michel and Keith 305 00:22:08,886 --> 00:22:12,053 I brought them and they were noticed. 306 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,397 He painted in our apartment. 307 00:22:25,610 --> 00:22:28,776 We had little money. So he brought 308 00:22:28,988 --> 00:22:31,064 windows, doors, 309 00:22:31,365 --> 00:22:33,903 what he found in the street. 310 00:22:35,703 --> 00:22:39,367 My first paintings were done on windows. 311 00:22:40,290 --> 00:22:42,247 It felt a framework 312 00:22:42,459 --> 00:22:45,376 and I painted on the glass 313 00:22:46,296 --> 00:22:48,502 or doors that I found on the street. 314 00:22:52,593 --> 00:22:56,009 In the apartment he shared with Suzanne 315 00:22:56,221 --> 00:22:59,092 I had an amazing experience artistic. 316 00:23:01,393 --> 00:23:03,884 He ​​was very focused on his work. 317 00:23:04,687 --> 00:23:08,815 There was an incredible painting on the fridge door. 318 00:23:11,652 --> 00:23:14,772 As on glass. 319 00:23:14,989 --> 00:23:18,903 Plenty of drawings scattered on the ground. 320 00:23:19,117 --> 00:23:21,406 There were ground leaves. 321 00:23:21,620 --> 00:23:25,071 Works apparently unfinished. There passed from one to another. 322 00:23:25,290 --> 00:23:28,290 It literally walked on leaves 323 00:23:28,501 --> 00:23:30,410 leaving traces of sneakers. 324 00:23:30,628 --> 00:23:32,751 They said we could date works 325 00:23:32,963 --> 00:23:35,964 after he wore sneakers over the years. 326 00:23:36,592 --> 00:23:41,218 No artist has more work physically abused him. 327 00:23:41,513 --> 00:23:43,671 He loved there 328 00:23:43,973 --> 00:23:46,096 Music, TV 329 00:23:46,309 --> 00:23:47,933 and a big pile of books. 330 00:23:48,144 --> 00:23:49,686 Being multitasking, 331 00:23:49,895 --> 00:23:53,229 it was part of his brain system. 332 00:23:56,318 --> 00:23:58,227 After the Expo Times Square 333 00:23:58,528 --> 00:24:00,521 Diego wanted to do as it pleases 334 00:24:00,906 --> 00:24:04,985 and set up his own exhibition entitled New York / New Wave 335 00:24:05,576 --> 00:24:08,032 PS1. It was an event. 336 00:24:16,753 --> 00:24:18,413 I lived with Suzanne Mallouk. 337 00:24:18,630 --> 00:24:20,254 She would throw me out. 338 00:24:20,465 --> 00:24:24,842 And Diego arrived with his expo, was great. 339 00:24:25,928 --> 00:24:27,672 The expo P.S.1. date of 81 340 00:24:28,306 --> 00:24:31,555 I was tired of seeing white walls with white 341 00:24:31,767 --> 00:24:33,510 and white wine. 342 00:24:33,769 --> 00:24:36,176 The opening was the equivalent 343 00:24:36,396 --> 00:24:40,097 a big exhibition at the Metropolitan or MoMA. 344 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:44,943 People lined the street to enter. 345 00:24:45,655 --> 00:24:46,734 It was crowded. 346 00:24:47,198 --> 00:24:50,946 There were new artists. I told Diego I wanted to see 347 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:52,654 a day when it was closed. 348 00:24:53,328 --> 00:24:57,622 Among all artists, I enjoyed 349 00:24:57,833 --> 00:24:59,375 small works of Jean-Michel. 350 00:25:00,210 --> 00:25:01,752 They were direct, 351 00:25:01,961 --> 00:25:04,666 content was immediate. 352 00:25:04,881 --> 00:25:07,122 Draw attention to his work 353 00:25:07,341 --> 00:25:08,800 was not difficult. 354 00:25:09,009 --> 00:25:11,631 As soon as I started to show his work , 355 00:25:11,845 --> 00:25:13,221 people liked. 356 00:25:13,430 --> 00:25:17,178 Diego Cortez made an appointment. We went together. 357 00:25:17,392 --> 00:25:20,476 Many artists participating in the exhibition. 358 00:25:23,106 --> 00:25:26,190 In the last room, had this size, 359 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,232 on the main wall, there was that his works. 360 00:25:30,446 --> 00:25:34,229 Small and large hung on any wall. 361 00:25:34,449 --> 00:25:37,450 This is where I discovered what he was . 362 00:25:37,661 --> 00:25:40,116 I found it very interesting. 363 00:25:42,957 --> 00:25:45,246 After PS1, the star of John 364 00:25:45,459 --> 00:25:48,875 was at the top of the constellation emerging artists. 365 00:25:52,466 --> 00:25:54,957 I called and he wanted to take me 366 00:25:55,177 --> 00:25:57,798 with his girlfriend, in the Lower East Side. 367 00:25:58,013 --> 00:26:00,420 There, I saw several drawings. 368 00:26:00,807 --> 00:26:04,341 He said he wanted exhibit in a gallery. 369 00:26:04,894 --> 00:26:06,768 But he had no tables. 370 00:26:06,979 --> 00:26:08,687 I said, "You have nothing." 371 00:26:08,898 --> 00:26:11,815 He replied: "Give me enough to buy the paintings." 372 00:26:12,025 --> 00:26:12,855 I did. 373 00:26:13,068 --> 00:26:14,977 And shortly after, 374 00:26:15,195 --> 00:26:17,318 he showed me the beautiful paintings. 375 00:26:19,074 --> 00:26:21,113 Annina Nosei sympathize with him 376 00:26:21,326 --> 00:26:24,741 and leaves him the basement of his gallery Prince Street 377 00:26:24,954 --> 00:26:26,329 as a workshop. 378 00:26:27,206 --> 00:26:30,372 It was a nice basement, with a canopy. 379 00:26:30,584 --> 00:26:33,917 Assistants gallery couldnt. 380 00:26:43,471 --> 00:26:47,468 He arrived early, just after open the gallery. 381 00:26:47,766 --> 00:26:51,100 He often brought increasing Dean and DeLuca. 382 00:26:51,311 --> 00:26:54,098 If he was late, he apologized. 383 00:26:54,314 --> 00:26:58,394 I replied: "But you do not have schedule, just when you want." 384 00:27:01,195 --> 00:27:04,315 He put music, which made me mad. 385 00:27:04,699 --> 00:27:06,157 From classical, Ravel. 386 00:27:06,409 --> 00:27:09,908 Always Bolero, it made me really mad 387 00:27:10,537 --> 00:27:13,075 I tapped with my umbrella for that decline. 388 00:27:42,733 --> 00:27:45,189 This is a crucial period for Jean-Michel 389 00:27:45,403 --> 00:27:47,728 because it marks the transition 390 00:27:47,947 --> 00:27:49,904 between working in the street 391 00:27:50,157 --> 00:27:52,315 and work in a real studio. 392 00:27:53,702 --> 00:27:56,952 Shortly after, he gets his first exhibition with Annina Nosei. 393 00:27:57,372 --> 00:28:00,823 The first person he wanted to show the exhibition 394 00:28:01,042 --> 00:28:02,951 is his father. 395 00:28:03,377 --> 00:28:05,121 And Gerard came. 396 00:28:11,093 --> 00:28:15,220 His first real public expo, is at Annina Nosei. 397 00:28:15,639 --> 00:28:16,718 A big success! 398 00:28:22,144 --> 00:28:26,356 He won $ 200,000 in one evening. 399 00:28:26,941 --> 00:28:29,727 Everything is sold in one evening. 400 00:28:32,529 --> 00:28:35,234 One day there was a knock at the door. 401 00:28:35,448 --> 00:28:36,729 Jean-Michel was naked 402 00:28:36,950 --> 00:28:39,191 and he went to open stark naked. 403 00:28:39,410 --> 00:28:40,691 It was Rene Ricard . 404 00:28:40,912 --> 00:28:43,200 He came to interview 405 00:28:43,539 --> 00:28:44,950 Art Forum 406 00:28:45,916 --> 00:28:49,700 My first article for Art Forum spoke of Julian Schnabel 407 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,917 He knew that the next person on which I write 408 00:28:54,132 --> 00:28:55,840 should be totally unknown 409 00:28:56,050 --> 00:28:59,668 terribly young very ambitious. 410 00:29:00,054 --> 00:29:01,845 I wanted to take a career 411 00:29:02,056 --> 00:29:05,472 I could follow for a long time. 412 00:29:05,684 --> 00:29:08,222 As I did with Schnabel. 413 00:29:10,272 --> 00:29:12,098 Article L'Enfant bright 414 00:29:12,315 --> 00:29:16,064 has contributed to launch the career of Jean-Michel. 415 00:29:16,736 --> 00:29:19,772 It was an article for Art Forum, Rene Ricard 416 00:29:19,989 --> 00:29:22,824 As soon as I saw his work, I was seduced. 417 00:29:24,368 --> 00:29:27,737 He came to talk table we had purchased. 418 00:29:27,955 --> 00:29:30,872 our attention on the snake in the corner. 419 00:29:31,083 --> 00:29:32,742 It was very well done. 420 00:29:34,044 --> 00:29:36,534 And he was very proud. 421 00:29:37,922 --> 00:29:41,670 Sometimes you accept describe your work? 422 00:29:42,426 --> 00:29:46,009 I do not really know how to describe my work . 423 00:29:46,722 --> 00:29:49,473 You find significant not able to describe it? 424 00:29:51,434 --> 00:29:54,933 This is like asking Miles: "How to sound your trumpet?" 425 00:29:55,146 --> 00:29:59,060 I do not think he could say... 426 00:30:00,860 --> 00:30:04,394 why he played such a note at a given time. 427 00:30:05,155 --> 00:30:08,109 This is an automatic, mostly. 428 00:30:10,535 --> 00:30:14,402 We have already written something well seen on your work? 429 00:30:15,623 --> 00:30:18,196 Robert Farris Thompson has spoken well, 430 00:30:18,417 --> 00:30:21,335 the author of Flash of the Spirit, the best book 431 00:30:21,545 --> 00:30:23,870 I read on African art. 432 00:30:24,548 --> 00:30:26,375 He had the gift 433 00:30:26,592 --> 00:30:28,833 capture the energy of the street 434 00:30:29,052 --> 00:30:30,760 to make great art. 435 00:30:30,971 --> 00:30:34,386 He had a great ability to access 436 00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:37,884 almost everything he had in mind and Memory 437 00:30:38,102 --> 00:30:41,387 and channel it through his body to put 438 00:30:41,605 --> 00:30:44,357 on canvas or on paper. 439 00:31:09,756 --> 00:31:12,543 I do not know how he acquired his knowledge, 440 00:31:12,759 --> 00:31:14,383 but he knew a lot. 441 00:31:14,594 --> 00:31:18,757 Familialement it was advantage over other children. 442 00:31:20,683 --> 00:31:22,592 He was trilingual, at least. 443 00:31:22,893 --> 00:31:24,886 His mother spoke Spanish, 444 00:31:25,103 --> 00:31:27,677 his father spoke French and Creole 445 00:31:27,898 --> 00:31:29,440 and him, the language of the street. 446 00:31:29,816 --> 00:31:33,066 We forget, but great artists are often 447 00:31:33,278 --> 00:31:34,476 multilingual. 448 00:31:34,696 --> 00:31:37,732 Picasso spoke Catalan, Spanish , French. 449 00:31:38,032 --> 00:31:40,190 What is the first work of art 450 00:31:40,576 --> 00:31:42,734 that has impressed you? 451 00:31:42,953 --> 00:31:44,744 Surely Guernica 452 00:31:45,247 --> 00:31:47,074 my favorite table when I was little. 453 00:31:55,298 --> 00:31:57,374 My mother drew drawing on the Bible. 454 00:31:57,591 --> 00:32:00,462 For example, Samson destroying the temple. 455 00:32:00,678 --> 00:32:02,421 - She was good? - Enough. 456 00:32:02,679 --> 00:32:06,013 His mother was more down-to-earth. 457 00:32:06,224 --> 00:32:07,553 I have not known. 458 00:32:07,976 --> 00:32:11,558 His father, an accountant, belonged to the middle class. 459 00:32:11,771 --> 00:32:15,555 He wore blue blazers with brass buttons. 460 00:32:15,983 --> 00:32:19,434 His father was a great guy playing tennis. 461 00:32:19,987 --> 00:32:23,771 He epitomized Greenwich. 462 00:32:26,410 --> 00:32:29,743 They lived on Pacific Street. The whole building was theirs. 463 00:32:30,163 --> 00:32:32,202 And you start drawing? 464 00:32:32,415 --> 00:32:34,289 I wanted to make the cartoon. 465 00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:37,786 Can I chose to paint 15. 466 00:32:40,589 --> 00:32:42,332 The black sheep of the family? 467 00:32:42,883 --> 00:32:44,757 Yes, until I succeed. 468 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:54,091 His work is interesting because it refers 469 00:32:54,352 --> 00:32:56,309 by artists he admired. 470 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,892 Particular Leonardo da Vinci. 471 00:32:59,106 --> 00:33:03,150 Nobody can say that Basquiat lacked ambition. 472 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,399 I remember 473 00:33:05,695 --> 00:33:09,693 the Venus de Milo in the middle of one of his paintings 474 00:33:09,908 --> 00:33:13,276 He said. "This is because between in the , history. " 475 00:33:19,541 --> 00:33:23,206 It addresses the big story paint before him. 476 00:33:23,420 --> 00:33:26,954 He ​​is aware of and that is the context of his work. 477 00:33:27,173 --> 00:33:30,174 It addresses Twombly, De Kooning, 478 00:33:30,385 --> 00:33:31,927 he addresses Pollock. 479 00:33:35,389 --> 00:33:38,473 This is a great artist part of the story. 480 00:33:38,684 --> 00:33:43,144 I place at the top with Van Gogh and Picasso. 481 00:33:43,522 --> 00:33:46,226 What is important, is that it is not limited 482 00:33:46,566 --> 00:33:48,891 visual artists as mentors. 483 00:33:52,321 --> 00:33:53,863 This is another aspect of his genius. 484 00:33:54,073 --> 00:33:59,233 He never copied, he improvised a different vision. 485 00:33:59,453 --> 00:34:03,118 According to Jean-Michel, to talk about Wag, 486 00:34:03,331 --> 00:34:06,747 he needed to know that the influence was not influence. 487 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,660 This is the idea of ​​someone passing by a new spirit. 488 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:11,911 What do you read? 489 00:34:12,131 --> 00:34:14,752 Books that contain facts 490 00:34:14,967 --> 00:34:17,043 or the poetry of Mark Twain. 491 00:34:18,304 --> 00:34:19,252 I love Twain. 492 00:34:19,638 --> 00:34:22,841 The last time you read William Burroughs. 493 00:34:24,309 --> 00:34:27,891 I was going to say Burroughs, I was afraid to do too young. 494 00:34:28,104 --> 00:34:30,725 But this is my favorite living author. 495 00:34:31,441 --> 00:34:33,148 His work owes much 496 00:34:33,359 --> 00:34:37,937 the influence of William Burroughs and John Giorno , 497 00:34:38,238 --> 00:34:39,732 this poetic school. 498 00:34:39,990 --> 00:34:42,563 Jean-Michel admired William. 499 00:34:43,326 --> 00:34:46,280 The cutting technique Burroughs , 500 00:34:46,496 --> 00:34:49,829 the way things stick is an important aspect 501 00:34:50,375 --> 00:34:53,161 the structure of the work of Jean-Michel . 502 00:34:53,377 --> 00:34:55,453 Burroughs borrowed surrealist 503 00:34:55,754 --> 00:34:57,249 the idea of ​​cutting a page 504 00:34:57,756 --> 00:35:00,212 written machine or hand text. 505 00:35:00,425 --> 00:35:02,632 He cut 4 or 5 places 506 00:35:02,844 --> 00:35:04,884 then repositioned the pieces. 507 00:35:05,180 --> 00:35:07,137 It gave amazing images. 508 00:35:07,348 --> 00:35:08,926 In this concept, 509 00:35:09,142 --> 00:35:12,142 one perceives a form of wisdom that emerges 510 00:35:12,687 --> 00:35:16,435 because gibberish bed and suddenly an expression emerges, 511 00:35:16,649 --> 00:35:19,186 full of depth. 512 00:35:21,069 --> 00:35:22,896 This is the essence of cutting. 513 00:35:23,530 --> 00:35:27,479 The influence of John Cage, of the avant-garde jazz 514 00:35:28,368 --> 00:35:30,490 Miles Davis, Coltrane 515 00:35:30,745 --> 00:35:32,951 is interesting. 516 00:35:34,248 --> 00:35:36,454 He ​​joined Charlie Parker and Miles Davis 517 00:35:36,667 --> 00:35:39,122 entire list of heroes of jazz 518 00:35:39,336 --> 00:35:41,661 he can bring in his pantheon. 519 00:35:42,380 --> 00:35:44,289 What music do you like? 520 00:35:44,507 --> 00:35:46,416 Bebop is what I prefer. 521 00:35:47,343 --> 00:35:49,217 But I listen to everything. 522 00:35:49,429 --> 00:35:51,635 Although I prefer bebop. 523 00:35:52,723 --> 00:35:56,139 There is an aesthetic bebop in what he puts on the page. 524 00:35:57,936 --> 00:35:59,680 Bebop upsets melody 525 00:35:59,896 --> 00:36:02,352 harmonies and unprecedented way. 526 00:36:02,566 --> 00:36:05,851 It creates a new vocabulary jazz. 527 00:36:12,366 --> 00:36:15,817 His technique of collage was to make things explode. 528 00:36:16,036 --> 00:36:19,487 He used the expression "Reality apart." 529 00:36:19,706 --> 00:36:22,411 These different fragments of the way 530 00:36:22,626 --> 00:36:25,543 whose cubist and post-cubist build sections 531 00:36:25,753 --> 00:36:27,461 and assemble things patchwork. 532 00:36:27,672 --> 00:36:30,957 The work of Jean-Michel was not a patchwork. 533 00:36:31,175 --> 00:36:35,219 This was a galaxy of reality that had exploded. 534 00:36:35,512 --> 00:36:37,090 Everything is the same. 535 00:36:54,530 --> 00:36:58,112 This was a great loft, enough class. 536 00:36:58,325 --> 00:37:00,282 I went there 3 or 4 nights a week. 537 00:37:00,494 --> 00:37:02,533 A lot of people came. 538 00:37:03,246 --> 00:37:05,073 This was an amazing place. 539 00:37:05,373 --> 00:37:08,872 Those who knew Jean-Michel saw him come out, 540 00:37:09,085 --> 00:37:10,495 socializing. 541 00:37:10,753 --> 00:37:14,122 The question is: "When did he work?" 542 00:37:14,340 --> 00:37:17,791 There is an amazing amount of work . 543 00:37:19,094 --> 00:37:22,048 His work ethic was amazing, 544 00:37:22,263 --> 00:37:23,674 as its concentration. 545 00:37:23,973 --> 00:37:26,891 If there were in the world, he was not idle. 546 00:37:27,310 --> 00:37:29,302 He constantly painted, 547 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:33,517 he constantly inspired by what someone said 548 00:37:33,732 --> 00:37:35,855 or what was on TV. 549 00:37:38,278 --> 00:37:41,563 I came the first day and remained months. If I left, 550 00:37:41,781 --> 00:37:44,817 he called me back to work. 551 00:37:45,034 --> 00:37:46,943 It was 24 hours 24 552 00:37:48,246 --> 00:37:51,863 There are tables made with his assistant Steve Torton 553 00:37:52,166 --> 00:37:55,416 where the angles exceed like someone 554 00:37:56,128 --> 00:37:59,828 had wrapped it quickly for make a frame. 555 00:38:01,674 --> 00:38:03,584 He showed me moldings, 556 00:38:03,801 --> 00:38:07,585 wood moldings not very strong, 557 00:38:07,847 --> 00:38:11,262 a window latch, nails upholstery, canvas. 558 00:38:11,976 --> 00:38:13,434 He asked me to make a frame. 559 00:38:13,644 --> 00:38:16,763 This is what gave birth these frameworks. 560 00:38:17,439 --> 00:38:19,681 Incredible paintings. 561 00:38:19,899 --> 00:38:23,233 We bought some, but we should all buy. 562 00:38:23,987 --> 00:38:26,312 When I moved into the loft , 563 00:38:26,614 --> 00:38:29,105 collectors came to see the works. 564 00:38:29,325 --> 00:38:32,740 If he does not like, if someone told : 565 00:38:32,953 --> 00:38:37,081 "I want a table with red to go with my couch" 566 00:38:37,290 --> 00:38:39,579 he became furious. 567 00:38:39,834 --> 00:38:41,032 He threw out, 568 00:38:41,252 --> 00:38:45,036 poured their food on head out the window. 569 00:38:45,256 --> 00:38:47,462 Cereals, water, milk. 570 00:38:47,675 --> 00:38:49,548 As they left. 571 00:38:50,761 --> 00:38:53,964 Jean-Michel was known for his independence. 572 00:38:54,181 --> 00:38:57,514 Nobody ever told him what to do . 573 00:38:57,726 --> 00:38:59,802 He did what he wanted. 574 00:39:00,895 --> 00:39:03,054 He transformed the art in competition 575 00:39:03,272 --> 00:39:07,222 with a ranking as tennis, sports metaphors. 576 00:39:07,443 --> 00:39:11,227 He assumed his ambition. He ​​wanted to be number one. 577 00:39:11,447 --> 00:39:15,526 He was keen to climb the social ladder. 578 00:39:16,493 --> 00:39:20,325 I was told of a young painter I had to track. 579 00:39:20,538 --> 00:39:23,907 So I went and I liked it. 580 00:39:25,126 --> 00:39:28,126 He had the spirit of competition. 581 00:39:28,546 --> 00:39:31,297 One day, at Mr. Chow, he told me something. 582 00:39:31,507 --> 00:39:34,460 He ​​always spoke of boxing match between us. 583 00:39:34,801 --> 00:39:38,466 I said, "Thou shalt have thy boxing match 584 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:40,222 " if you're not calm " 585 00:39:54,986 --> 00:39:58,651 This was a great way to start a friendship 586 00:39:58,865 --> 00:40:01,190 and. Labour Relations 587 00:40:01,409 --> 00:40:04,528 This is one of the most exciting things 588 00:40:04,745 --> 00:40:07,201 that happened in my career. 589 00:40:09,792 --> 00:40:13,575 I was in the queue Spago. 590 00:40:13,795 --> 00:40:17,045 I waited to enter, he was 22 h. 591 00:40:17,382 --> 00:40:21,675 Jean-Michel arrived Ronald Z. And Fab Five Freddy, 592 00:40:21,886 --> 00:40:23,843 all behind Larry Gagosian. 593 00:40:24,055 --> 00:40:27,340 The was silence in the restaurant. 594 00:40:27,558 --> 00:40:30,096 These three young Black 595 00:40:30,310 --> 00:40:33,181 were all more beautiful than each other. 596 00:40:35,065 --> 00:40:39,145 I do not know if people thought that they were stars 597 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,519 or they were ripped off, if 598 00:40:42,155 --> 00:40:45,239 but dead silence fell on the restaurant. 599 00:40:46,117 --> 00:40:48,192 My first encounter with Jean-Michel 600 00:40:48,410 --> 00:40:51,945 is when I worked in a gallery for my studies. 601 00:40:52,164 --> 00:40:54,452 He arrived at an opening. 602 00:40:54,666 --> 00:40:57,038 He had a cassette 603 00:40:57,669 --> 00:40:59,994 and asked me to put it. 604 00:41:00,213 --> 00:41:03,249 In the back room, I had a string . 605 00:41:03,466 --> 00:41:06,585 In 5 minutes he transformed the room 606 00:41:06,802 --> 00:41:08,711 VIP dance club. 607 00:41:15,268 --> 00:41:19,396 The opening was a success. Everyone came. 608 00:41:19,605 --> 00:41:23,437 The rumor had was a type 609 00:41:23,651 --> 00:41:27,020 and he was 20 years powerful works. 610 00:41:27,237 --> 00:41:29,277 I went to the exhibition at Gagosian . 611 00:41:29,490 --> 00:41:31,067 This was huge. 612 00:41:31,575 --> 00:41:34,943 We were stunned by the power and content of his work. 613 00:41:35,161 --> 00:41:36,110 This was a phenomenon. 614 00:41:47,589 --> 00:41:50,626 It has been very well received by the middle of LA, 615 00:41:50,842 --> 00:41:52,634 Hollywood people. 616 00:41:52,886 --> 00:41:56,634 I think everything was sold at the opening. 617 00:42:00,643 --> 00:42:03,597 He left Annina Nosei after a year. 618 00:42:03,813 --> 00:42:06,932 I said, "I'll introduce you Bruno Bischofberger." 619 00:42:07,149 --> 00:42:09,900 He was already interested in me. 620 00:42:10,527 --> 00:42:11,772 I called. 621 00:42:11,987 --> 00:42:15,272 I asked if I could attend. 622 00:42:15,490 --> 00:42:18,111 He replied: "Yes, I was hoping this request." 623 00:42:22,580 --> 00:42:26,162 Sometimes he would ask my opinion. I said, "That's great." 624 00:42:26,375 --> 00:42:29,245 He replied: "You like any shit!" 625 00:42:30,337 --> 00:42:33,503 But if we allow any criticism , 626 00:42:34,382 --> 00:42:35,793 it made him furious. 627 00:42:36,009 --> 00:42:40,006 He said: "We would not say, but each trait I trace 628 00:42:40,221 --> 00:42:43,340 " is thoughtful. It must be like that. 629 00:42:43,557 --> 00:42:47,602 "Do not believe that is done by chance." 630 00:43:03,033 --> 00:43:05,192 2 He came to see me once a year, 631 00:43:05,411 --> 00:43:07,202 sometimes 3 or 4 632 00:43:07,454 --> 00:43:08,996 He loved going to the museum 633 00:43:09,206 --> 00:43:12,159 to see any form of art, archeology 634 00:43:12,375 --> 00:43:15,044 to folk art or expressionism. 635 00:43:15,253 --> 00:43:19,001 taste and could recognize quality. 636 00:43:33,853 --> 00:43:36,391 Thereafter, things have quickly changed. 637 00:43:36,606 --> 00:43:38,479 It soon became a millionaire. 638 00:43:43,445 --> 00:43:46,316 At this time, we went out dinner 639 00:43:46,740 --> 00:43:48,282 then returned to the workshop. 640 00:43:48,492 --> 00:43:51,528 He ​​wore an expensive Armani suit. 641 00:43:51,745 --> 00:43:54,698 He ​​saw a table and decided to change it. 642 00:43:54,914 --> 00:43:57,868 And he's trying to paint Armani suits. 643 00:43:58,793 --> 00:44:00,951 He was in the loft Crosby Street. 644 00:44:01,170 --> 00:44:03,209 There was plenty of money around. 645 00:44:03,422 --> 00:44:07,502 He was very young, he never had much money. 646 00:44:07,718 --> 00:44:10,588 It was very difficult for him. 647 00:44:10,804 --> 00:44:14,671 The spend? Set it aside? He ​​bought two TVs 648 00:44:15,266 --> 00:44:17,223 and a registration table. 649 00:44:17,643 --> 00:44:19,636 He had no bank account. 650 00:44:19,854 --> 00:44:22,142 He hid the money in the house. 651 00:44:22,356 --> 00:44:25,191 When storing, I found thousands of dollars 652 00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:29,101 under the couch cushions or between the pages of a book. 653 00:44:29,321 --> 00:44:31,942 He led the high life. 654 00:44:32,157 --> 00:44:35,406 When I went to see, there was always the world. 655 00:44:36,244 --> 00:44:39,161 They smoked grass, there were bottles 656 00:44:39,372 --> 00:44:40,866 wine very expensive, 657 00:44:41,081 --> 00:44:44,035 very highly refined dishes in the fridge 658 00:44:44,251 --> 00:44:46,160 which ended up being wasted. 659 00:44:46,378 --> 00:44:49,082 For a moment, he partied big. 660 00:44:49,839 --> 00:44:53,457 But money can be fatal if you do not know the deal. 661 00:44:53,801 --> 00:44:55,343 I assured stewardship. 662 00:44:55,553 --> 00:44:58,423 I had to think about the provisions, the limousine. 663 00:44:58,723 --> 00:45:00,596 I divertissais buyers. 664 00:45:01,183 --> 00:45:03,472 I had to organize the party. 665 00:45:05,771 --> 00:45:10,479 What was your reaction when you started to sell? 666 00:45:11,693 --> 00:45:12,855 I do not know. 667 00:45:13,528 --> 00:45:16,612 Too much confidence in me. No, more confidence. 668 00:45:17,823 --> 00:45:20,444 I was happy to succeed, 669 00:45:20,659 --> 00:45:22,865 have everything I wanted. 670 00:45:26,123 --> 00:45:28,448 I just found it. Do you understand? 671 00:45:30,001 --> 00:45:32,788 The first major article on Jean-Michel 672 00:45:33,004 --> 00:45:35,708 appeared in the New York Times Magazine 673 00:45:42,387 --> 00:45:45,424 For an African-American young artist 674 00:45:46,558 --> 00:45:49,475 it was amazing . A true rock star status. 675 00:45:50,687 --> 00:45:53,391 There was a great shot cover. 676 00:45:53,606 --> 00:45:55,266 It is Jean-Michel 677 00:45:55,566 --> 00:45:57,642 as an individual, a phenomenon. 678 00:45:57,860 --> 00:46:00,066 He found himself propelled 679 00:46:00,279 --> 00:46:02,236 in the world of culture. 680 00:46:02,948 --> 00:46:05,783 Jean-Michel became a big star. 681 00:46:05,992 --> 00:46:09,859 He was famous, rich, attending celebrities. 682 00:46:10,413 --> 00:46:13,330 Glory, gifts, money. 683 00:46:13,541 --> 00:46:15,118 It is the tearing. 684 00:46:17,628 --> 00:46:20,794 Of all the painters who have succeeded, you're the only 685 00:46:21,006 --> 00:46:24,256 distinguished by this kind of personality. 686 00:46:24,468 --> 00:46:28,714 But I also like to spend a thug. I love it. 687 00:46:29,931 --> 00:46:33,015 Alcohol came into play quite 688 00:46:33,518 --> 00:46:36,721 I remember telling him: "You must understand 689 00:46:36,937 --> 00:46:39,060 " what it is to be famous. 690 00:46:39,690 --> 00:46:40,970 "Do what you want." 691 00:46:41,650 --> 00:46:44,141 It was very hard for me. 692 00:46:44,444 --> 00:46:46,733 Venus He called me in his paintings. 693 00:46:47,113 --> 00:46:49,272 When he came out with Madonna, 694 00:46:49,491 --> 00:46:52,112 he painted me knocking Madonna. 695 00:46:53,953 --> 00:46:56,278 True that has battered the Roxy. 696 00:46:56,789 --> 00:46:57,738 I am ashamed. 697 00:47:00,042 --> 00:47:02,081 It provoked a cult. 698 00:47:02,294 --> 00:47:04,832 It was a cult figure. 699 00:47:07,507 --> 00:47:11,374 Two painters who find themselves in this situation , 700 00:47:11,594 --> 00:47:13,503 nobody had ever known that. 701 00:47:13,721 --> 00:47:15,215 This was different. 702 00:47:15,431 --> 00:47:17,304 Whether Fab Five Freddy... 703 00:47:17,516 --> 00:47:19,224 This was not the same. 704 00:47:19,435 --> 00:47:22,554 I was not his equal, because I was older. 705 00:47:23,522 --> 00:47:25,598 He always wanted to have my opinion. 706 00:47:25,815 --> 00:47:27,060 I realized the film 707 00:47:27,275 --> 00:47:29,351 to tell him what I thought. 10 dollars piece 708 00:47:30,194 --> 00:47:31,439 . 709 00:47:32,321 --> 00:47:34,895 You did not trampled to do that. 710 00:47:35,116 --> 00:47:36,526 I offer thee five dollars. 711 00:47:37,576 --> 00:47:39,367 Bruno, you lend me money? 712 00:47:39,620 --> 00:47:42,823 He knew Andy through me, at a luncheon. 713 00:47:43,039 --> 00:47:45,495 He had to do a portrait. 714 00:47:51,589 --> 00:47:53,380 Jean-Michel did not want lunch. 715 00:47:53,591 --> 00:47:56,129 He ​​said he could not stay. 716 00:47:56,594 --> 00:47:58,716 After one hour, 717 00:47:58,929 --> 00:48:00,471 He arrived with a canvas. 718 00:48:02,599 --> 00:48:05,932 He had gone home. From the photo of Andy and he 719 00:48:06,144 --> 00:48:09,310 he had this table very quickly. A masterpiece. 720 00:48:12,108 --> 00:48:14,859 We all gathered and Andy told me: 721 00:48:15,194 --> 00:48:17,732 "I am insanely jealous." 722 00:48:17,946 --> 00:48:21,564 I asked why. He said: "It goes faster than me." 723 00:48:22,075 --> 00:48:26,286 Andy Warhol, like many, was seduced by Jean-Michel. 724 00:48:26,496 --> 00:48:28,453 He had a crush on him. 725 00:48:29,332 --> 00:48:32,451 This was huge for Jean to be as close to Andy. 726 00:48:32,668 --> 00:48:33,913 He led the dance. 727 00:48:34,128 --> 00:48:38,955 It was great to be a friend of someone you all admired. 728 00:48:42,094 --> 00:48:44,216 It turns? 729 00:48:44,471 --> 00:48:46,048 It turns? 730 00:48:46,848 --> 00:48:49,718 This is my best... 731 00:48:49,934 --> 00:48:53,468 No, not the artist richest in the world. 732 00:48:53,896 --> 00:48:56,185 Jean-Michel, What is your name? 733 00:48:56,607 --> 00:48:57,686 Your name treasure? 734 00:48:57,900 --> 00:48:59,014 Basquiat. 735 00:49:00,485 --> 00:49:04,068 Jean-Michel wanted to expose in major galleries. 736 00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:06,439 Mary Boone, Leo Castelli... 737 00:49:06,950 --> 00:49:09,523 But it was not recognized 738 00:49:09,744 --> 00:49:12,199 elite of the art world. 739 00:49:12,663 --> 00:49:15,617 He was considered an artist 740 00:49:15,833 --> 00:49:19,830 that could make the cover The New York Times Magazine 741 00:49:20,045 --> 00:49:23,496 because his work had an underground side. 742 00:49:24,007 --> 00:49:27,043 A lot of people in the world of art 743 00:49:27,385 --> 00:49:30,339 do not put the same level as Schnabel 744 00:49:30,554 --> 00:49:32,962 Salle, Bozell and others. 745 00:49:33,390 --> 00:49:38,052 He saw Schnabel and Salle who were exposed to Whitney. 746 00:49:38,312 --> 00:49:42,060 There was not entitled this kind of recognition. 747 00:49:47,737 --> 00:49:50,192 I asked him what he wanted gallery. 748 00:49:50,406 --> 00:49:52,363 He chose the Leo Castelli. 749 00:49:52,575 --> 00:49:55,611 Meanwhile Leo had heard of him. 750 00:49:55,828 --> 00:49:57,737 He ​​knew it was inconvenient. 751 00:49:57,955 --> 00:50:02,700 He said: "I'm too old to handle such a artist." 752 00:50:04,043 --> 00:50:06,083 This was disappointing, especially for Jean-Michel. 753 00:50:07,088 --> 00:50:09,839 The kind of art that was considered 754 00:50:10,049 --> 00:50:11,923 the mid 70 755 00:50:12,134 --> 00:50:14,292 minimalism, conceptualism 756 00:50:14,511 --> 00:50:17,216 left little room innovation. 757 00:50:19,141 --> 00:50:21,810 If we were at the end of minimalism, 758 00:50:22,018 --> 00:50:24,343 we got some academic thing. 759 00:50:26,689 --> 00:50:28,598 I arrived in full minimalism. 760 00:50:28,816 --> 00:50:31,770 It disturbed me. It divided a few people. 761 00:50:33,737 --> 00:50:36,489 It alienated people compared to art. 762 00:50:38,492 --> 00:50:40,365 This was truly a pioneer 763 00:50:40,619 --> 00:50:42,113 neo-expressionism. 764 00:50:42,328 --> 00:50:44,784 His work broke boundaries. 765 00:50:45,123 --> 00:50:47,827 People do not understand. 766 00:50:48,334 --> 00:50:52,283 Once he drew a picture the size of the canvas 767 00:50:52,755 --> 00:50:55,542 and he wanted to expose in a museum in New York. 768 00:50:55,757 --> 00:50:57,465 I agreed. 769 00:50:57,884 --> 00:51:01,549 It was offered at MoMA who told us: 770 00:51:01,763 --> 00:51:04,514 "It's not worth wasting much space." 771 00:51:04,724 --> 00:51:06,716 We tried the Whitney. 772 00:51:07,894 --> 00:51:09,720 They also rejected. 773 00:51:12,856 --> 00:51:14,434 If a new work 774 00:51:14,650 --> 00:51:17,816 is really significant, there are chances 775 00:51:18,028 --> 00:51:20,601 to put it uncomfortable 776 00:51:21,114 --> 00:51:22,941 people like me. 777 00:51:23,157 --> 00:51:26,242 Because I'm totally impregnated 778 00:51:26,494 --> 00:51:29,495 of what the painting looked like before . 779 00:51:29,872 --> 00:51:32,541 With Basquiat, full of art professionals 780 00:51:32,750 --> 00:51:35,620 were skeptical over his work, 781 00:51:35,919 --> 00:51:40,213 Since it does not match to their idea of ​​a painting in a museum. 782 00:51:40,423 --> 00:51:43,092 Yet is exactly what 783 00:51:43,301 --> 00:51:45,839 to create the art of the future. 784 00:51:50,182 --> 00:51:51,380 How do you work? 785 00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:55,183 You take a blank canvas and you start painting? 786 00:51:55,395 --> 00:51:58,811 In general, I do a lot and I removed a lot. 787 00:51:59,190 --> 00:52:01,266 Then I added, I removed. 788 00:52:01,484 --> 00:52:03,607 This is an ongoing process mounting. 789 00:52:03,861 --> 00:52:07,230 What people love your job? 790 00:52:07,448 --> 00:52:08,693 No idea! 791 00:52:09,492 --> 00:52:13,571 The work of Jean-Michel has a very direct look pleasing. 792 00:52:14,788 --> 00:52:18,868 I do not like as intellectuals, but they like it. 793 00:52:28,175 --> 00:52:29,717 He appealed to lots of people 794 00:52:29,927 --> 00:52:32,881 who knew little the history of art. 795 00:52:33,096 --> 00:52:35,587 They watched and they appreciated. 796 00:52:36,475 --> 00:52:39,724 What he did was never calculated. 797 00:52:40,270 --> 00:52:43,021 But he was very careful in what he was . 798 00:52:43,523 --> 00:52:46,726 I mean he was working on instinct, 799 00:52:46,942 --> 00:52:48,223 incredible instinct. 800 00:52:48,444 --> 00:52:52,109 He wrote the word "tar" 5 times, the scratched 4 times. 801 00:52:52,322 --> 00:52:55,109 He had a unique talent in a generation. 802 00:53:02,790 --> 00:53:05,625 He knew how to make pictorial words 803 00:53:06,168 --> 00:53:08,042 integrate a table. 804 00:53:21,599 --> 00:53:25,134 It is clear that channels the child in him. 805 00:53:25,895 --> 00:53:29,394 What is your first memory of childhood scoring? 806 00:53:32,609 --> 00:53:34,767 When I was overthrown by a car. 807 00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:37,562 - How? - I was playing in the street. 808 00:53:37,781 --> 00:53:40,865 - How old were you? - I was 7 or 8 years. 809 00:53:41,784 --> 00:53:44,571 What were you thinking when that happened? 810 00:53:46,622 --> 00:53:49,195 It was like a dream, see this car... 811 00:53:50,292 --> 00:53:52,581 As a film in slow motion 812 00:53:52,794 --> 00:53:55,202 when a car arrives. 813 00:53:55,630 --> 00:53:58,121 And they took you to the hospital? 814 00:53:59,384 --> 00:54:01,625 Yes, I was operated belly. 815 00:54:17,692 --> 00:54:21,108 Psychologically, it is as if time had stopped. 816 00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:24,938 He voluntarily took this idea 817 00:54:25,574 --> 00:54:27,863 as a painter and is appropriate. 818 00:54:28,077 --> 00:54:30,781 "I'm going back in time 819 00:54:30,996 --> 00:54:33,783 " and hold my instrument as a child. 820 00:54:33,999 --> 00:54:37,617 " I'll draw the way a child." 821 00:54:53,767 --> 00:54:58,013 It was also mind the most advanced of its time. 822 00:54:58,229 --> 00:55:00,222 It was the both. 823 00:55:04,610 --> 00:55:09,236 It seems that now you rub shoulders with the cream ... 824 00:55:10,949 --> 00:55:13,440 and you frequent the club Area. 825 00:55:13,827 --> 00:55:14,858 Really? 826 00:55:15,078 --> 00:55:17,995 Many people queuing outside the Area. 827 00:55:18,414 --> 00:55:21,166 This is a box and a gallery with beautiful world. 828 00:55:21,792 --> 00:55:25,327 This is huge and it is hard to get. 829 00:55:25,546 --> 00:55:27,372 I've never had trouble returning, 830 00:55:28,382 --> 00:55:30,255 but it seems that it's hard. 831 00:55:30,926 --> 00:55:33,381 I noticed that John changed a bit 832 00:55:33,595 --> 00:55:36,002 when he began to attend Andy. 833 00:55:40,518 --> 00:55:43,388 John is a bit remote of his old buddies. 834 00:55:43,604 --> 00:55:46,225 The old Jean I missed. 835 00:55:46,440 --> 00:55:50,651 I do not call because I feared his indifference. 836 00:55:51,111 --> 00:55:53,399 I went to openings 837 00:55:53,613 --> 00:55:56,697 and I saw him in a corner with new people 838 00:55:56,908 --> 00:55:59,031 who ignored me. 839 00:55:59,410 --> 00:56:01,319 Andy was in love with Jean-Michel. 840 00:56:01,537 --> 00:56:06,697 Imagine instead a woman between a homosexual and a hetero 841 00:56:06,917 --> 00:56:08,826 in a relationship. 842 00:56:09,044 --> 00:56:10,372 This was the case. 843 00:56:10,587 --> 00:56:13,707 I was less see, I felt 844 00:56:13,923 --> 00:56:15,667 Not be in my place. 845 00:56:18,928 --> 00:56:20,755 As he was known in New York 846 00:56:20,972 --> 00:56:24,755 it was hard for him work in this city. 847 00:56:25,184 --> 00:56:28,350 This is where he realized he loved Los Angeles 848 00:56:28,562 --> 00:56:32,227 and could quite work here. 849 00:56:32,607 --> 00:56:35,442 He rented a studio in Venice. 850 00:56:35,652 --> 00:56:37,443 He kept a year and a half. 851 00:56:37,653 --> 00:56:39,693 There is a lot of work. 852 00:56:42,741 --> 00:56:46,192 I loved watching him paint. It does not bother him. 853 00:56:46,537 --> 00:56:49,241 His way of painting was beautiful. 854 00:56:49,456 --> 00:56:51,863 With speed and elegance. 855 00:57:07,347 --> 00:57:10,846 There was a group of people with whom he was at ease. 856 00:57:11,059 --> 00:57:13,550 I started to film him painting. 857 00:57:13,770 --> 00:57:16,391 I filmed it on 2 or 3 years. 858 00:57:16,606 --> 00:57:19,013 I spent time in his studio. 859 00:57:19,233 --> 00:57:21,391 Jean went out at night. 860 00:57:23,987 --> 00:57:28,281 Then he returned and locked for 2 or 3 days. 861 00:57:28,742 --> 00:57:30,983 He spent his time painting. 862 00:57:31,286 --> 00:57:33,444 You have a way of working 863 00:57:33,663 --> 00:57:35,406 specific hours? 864 00:57:35,623 --> 00:57:40,035 I am often watching TV. I need a working basis. 865 00:57:40,377 --> 00:57:41,658 For example? 866 00:57:41,879 --> 00:57:43,752 Magazines, books... 867 00:57:43,964 --> 00:57:46,585 I do not mind being surrounded you to paint? 868 00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:49,255 I prefer to work alone. 869 00:57:49,469 --> 00:57:52,174 Before, I had a lot of assistants. 870 00:57:53,014 --> 00:57:55,719 Without them, I was much more productive. 871 00:57:56,642 --> 00:57:59,263 There went out a lot and had to paint 872 00:57:59,478 --> 00:58:03,772 because he had his works collectors. 873 00:58:03,982 --> 00:58:06,936 Each table should be a masterpiece 874 00:58:07,152 --> 00:58:10,651 international criticism because was interested in him. 875 00:58:11,406 --> 00:58:13,813 It was increasingly hard for him 876 00:58:14,033 --> 00:58:18,280 Toggle between the young man adventurous and serious painter. 877 00:58:24,710 --> 00:58:27,379 He ​​told me he had begun to heroin. 878 00:58:27,879 --> 00:58:29,587 He decided to take drugs 879 00:58:29,798 --> 00:58:32,253 to concentrate. 880 00:58:32,717 --> 00:58:35,172 I prefer a cup of coffee. 881 00:58:36,762 --> 00:58:40,048 Put ​​yourself in his place. Imagine a boy 882 00:58:40,266 --> 00:58:42,721 twenty years 883 00:58:42,935 --> 00:58:44,393 who lives in the street. 884 00:58:44,603 --> 00:58:46,430 And within 2 years 885 00:58:46,646 --> 00:58:49,932 it becomes a very famous artist. 886 00:58:50,150 --> 00:58:52,771 Everyone agglutinates around him. 887 00:58:53,069 --> 00:58:57,149 Can you imagine how hard it is to adapt ? 888 00:58:57,698 --> 00:59:00,189 He took heroin to focus , 889 00:59:00,409 --> 00:59:03,493 while those that affect it 890 00:59:04,079 --> 00:59:05,324 to botch. 891 00:59:06,206 --> 00:59:09,290 Jean wanted to burn life both ends. 892 00:59:09,501 --> 00:59:11,707 In modern times, there has always , 893 00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:15,122 Whether Pollock or Van Gogh 894 00:59:15,339 --> 00:59:19,289 the idea that the artist is a person 895 00:59:20,094 --> 00:59:24,173 whose life is so intense that he would support more. 896 00:59:24,431 --> 00:59:26,139 And there is always the question 897 00:59:26,349 --> 00:59:29,599 whether it is a prophecy come true. 898 00:59:29,811 --> 00:59:33,559 I think Basquiat identified himself consciously 899 00:59:33,773 --> 00:59:36,608 these hero's tragic end. 900 00:59:38,444 --> 00:59:41,065 He ​​knew the mystical drugs. 901 00:59:41,447 --> 00:59:45,029 What's the motivated to go further? 902 00:59:45,742 --> 00:59:48,197 Everything that happens to you grows. 903 00:59:48,411 --> 00:59:50,819 It's hard to return to reality. 904 00:59:56,419 --> 00:59:58,660 This was a big expo for Jean. 905 00:59:58,879 --> 01:00:03,624 He ​​found himself with the most prominent artists 906 01:00:03,842 --> 01:00:06,249 among his contemporaries, as Schnabel , 907 01:00:06,469 --> 01:00:08,841 Francesco Clemente. 908 01:00:09,222 --> 01:00:14,097 John and me, we had dinner. 909 01:00:14,310 --> 01:00:17,264 Jean raises his hand to hail a taxi. 910 01:00:17,479 --> 01:00:19,805 A taxi, then two, then three, 911 01:00:20,023 --> 01:00:22,146 then spend four and five. 912 01:00:22,359 --> 01:00:25,110 Sometimes John annoyed when a taxi happening. 913 01:00:25,320 --> 01:00:27,811 He tried to open the door 914 01:00:28,031 --> 01:00:30,652 and he said: "You bastard!" 915 01:00:31,659 --> 01:00:35,609 It happens when you're black and you lives in New York. 916 01:00:35,830 --> 01:00:37,988 You know what I mean? 917 01:00:38,207 --> 01:00:40,780 SPECIAL MISSION 918 01:00:41,084 --> 01:00:44,667 This year, no arrests has not received much attention 919 01:00:44,880 --> 01:00:46,338 as a young artist. 920 01:00:46,756 --> 01:00:50,006 September 15, Michael Stewart, 25, was arrested 921 01:00:50,635 --> 01:00:54,004 have tagged the wall a subway station . 922 01:00:54,221 --> 01:00:56,712 30 minutes later, Stewart is in a coma, 923 01:00:56,932 --> 01:00:59,257 Emergency Bellevue Hospital 924 01:00:59,476 --> 01:01:01,765 Michael Stewart was my friend. 925 01:01:01,979 --> 01:01:04,516 He was very sweet, a little effeminate. 926 01:01:05,023 --> 01:01:06,850 This young Black with dreadlocks 927 01:01:07,066 --> 01:01:09,853 came home one evening by the line L 928 01:01:10,194 --> 01:01:12,946 to Brooklyn where he lived with his parents. 929 01:01:13,281 --> 01:01:16,365 He ​​was beaten by five white police officers. 930 01:01:16,909 --> 01:01:19,660 13 days after the arrest, Michael Stewart died 931 01:01:19,870 --> 01:01:22,158 Jean-Michel was upset. 932 01:01:22,414 --> 01:01:24,241 It could have been him. 933 01:01:31,672 --> 01:01:34,626 You are in a gallery, at a party 934 01:01:34,842 --> 01:01:37,048 a place where everyone knows you 935 01:01:37,302 --> 01:01:39,924 and looks at you, hoping drugging with you 936 01:01:40,264 --> 01:01:41,177 or sleep with you. 937 01:01:41,390 --> 01:01:45,553 Upon leaving, you become this Black looks like a bum 938 01:01:45,769 --> 01:01:48,224 For most people. It makes crazy. 939 01:01:48,479 --> 01:01:52,062 It was very different for black artists in 1982 940 01:01:52,275 --> 01:01:54,812 The situation was very different. 941 01:01:55,110 --> 01:01:57,019 The art world was not prepared. 942 01:01:57,654 --> 01:02:01,604 Consider that you practice a form 943 01:02:02,450 --> 01:02:05,368 of primal expressionism. 944 01:02:05,578 --> 01:02:07,820 - Really? - Like a monkey? 945 01:02:08,498 --> 01:02:10,075 Say... 946 01:02:10,291 --> 01:02:11,454 A primate? 947 01:02:12,835 --> 01:02:14,033 I do not know. 948 01:02:14,253 --> 01:02:16,495 - Is that... - You said. 949 01:02:19,341 --> 01:02:23,041 For this exhibition, he was an artist like no other. 950 01:02:23,261 --> 01:02:25,550 But color makes you different. 951 01:02:25,763 --> 01:02:27,886 You look otherwise. 952 01:02:28,099 --> 01:02:30,590 Comments we read about him 953 01:02:30,810 --> 01:02:33,217 had a kind of coded language. 954 01:02:33,437 --> 01:02:36,806 It would never have happened to a white . 955 01:02:37,357 --> 01:02:40,975 The world of art, which is full of people left 956 01:02:41,194 --> 01:02:45,441 thought he was going in that direction, 957 01:02:46,282 --> 01:02:47,657 to disadvantaged 958 01:02:47,867 --> 01:02:49,741 minorities. 959 01:02:51,245 --> 01:02:54,614 His artistic contribution 960 01:02:54,873 --> 01:02:58,123 is so tiny that it is almost zero. 961 01:02:59,878 --> 01:03:02,832 Legend 962 01:03:03,048 --> 01:03:06,381 you lock them in the basement to paint. 963 01:03:08,845 --> 01:03:11,549 This is only wickedness. 964 01:03:11,764 --> 01:03:14,136 I was never locked anywhere. 965 01:03:15,726 --> 01:03:19,141 If I was white, is resident artist talk. 966 01:03:19,896 --> 01:03:22,304 It is shocking to think 967 01:03:22,524 --> 01:03:25,193 that is recent, the early 80 968 01:03:25,443 --> 01:03:28,646 It often happens to me. Most of my articles talk... 969 01:03:28,863 --> 01:03:32,445 - From your personality. - Yes, more than my work. 970 01:03:32,658 --> 01:03:35,445 How you react in this case? 971 01:03:35,661 --> 01:03:37,737 They are often racist. 972 01:03:40,415 --> 01:03:43,748 I know it affected him, it was hard for him. 973 01:03:44,043 --> 01:03:47,412 They see me as a young wild 974 01:03:47,630 --> 01:03:50,121 a man-monkey, shit like that. 975 01:03:51,509 --> 01:03:54,545 This intensity makes him a primitive artist. 976 01:03:54,762 --> 01:03:57,964 But he grew up in New York in the 70s 977 01:03:58,181 --> 01:03:59,462 What he lived 978 01:03:59,975 --> 01:04:04,601 remember what happened many black artists. 979 01:04:04,812 --> 01:04:08,181 In the eyes of whites, it is all black, 980 01:04:08,691 --> 01:04:10,482 they do not know any other. 981 01:04:11,235 --> 01:04:15,612 We see that a lot of thought its place in the world 982 01:04:15,822 --> 01:04:18,360 than blacks. 983 01:04:18,575 --> 01:04:21,944 This is reflected in all his work. 984 01:04:39,469 --> 01:04:44,296 His designs focus on the black experience. 985 01:04:45,641 --> 01:04:48,393 It is not talking about his greatness, 986 01:04:48,602 --> 01:04:51,603 it also includes his brothers and sisters. 987 01:04:59,529 --> 01:05:03,989 He explored incredibly rich history of blacks. 988 01:05:11,498 --> 01:05:14,949 His work contains an epic vision of history. 989 01:05:16,002 --> 01:05:19,952 It goes back to slavery, Robert Johnson, Joe Louis. 990 01:05:23,259 --> 01:05:25,750 As an Indian shaman 991 01:05:26,679 --> 01:05:28,755 he tells us in his paintings: 992 01:05:29,390 --> 01:05:30,670 "I am with you, 993 01:05:31,058 --> 01:05:33,727 " but the story is also in my direction " 994 01:05:50,367 --> 01:05:53,617 It honors. Negro kings 995 01:05:53,829 --> 01:05:55,572 because the world does not do 996 01:06:11,261 --> 01:06:13,088 He said. "You're a negro king." 997 01:06:15,724 --> 01:06:18,594 And we found with the elite of this world 998 01:06:19,561 --> 01:06:21,886 controlling our value. 999 01:06:22,688 --> 01:06:26,022 It is contemplated by this world makes us as we are 1000 01:06:26,317 --> 01:06:29,271 But we know we can fall into oblivion 1001 01:06:29,486 --> 01:06:31,728 What am I to them? 1002 01:06:31,947 --> 01:06:34,864 Just the negro interesting last year. 1003 01:06:40,872 --> 01:06:42,864 There is something happened to John. 1004 01:06:43,082 --> 01:06:46,036 After a moment, the euphoria fell. 1005 01:06:46,252 --> 01:06:48,921 He ​​started to become suspicious, 1006 01:06:49,129 --> 01:06:50,921 a little paranoid. 1007 01:06:52,132 --> 01:06:55,086 It was not always trust. 1008 01:06:55,302 --> 01:06:59,169 He thought that he was being used and it was botched. 1009 01:07:01,307 --> 01:07:04,510 Before you let drag tables 1010 01:07:04,727 --> 01:07:06,885 and traces of what you had done. 1011 01:07:07,104 --> 01:07:09,097 You stopped doing voluntarily? 1012 01:07:09,314 --> 01:07:11,141 Yes, it would end the auction. 1013 01:07:11,358 --> 01:07:15,438 I know people who sold things! 1014 01:07:17,072 --> 01:07:19,360 Everyone I know did. 1015 01:07:20,950 --> 01:07:24,070 He had more money all his friends. 1016 01:07:26,038 --> 01:07:28,707 So, it made him suspicious. 1017 01:07:29,583 --> 01:07:34,328 More and more people rubbed by the interest. 1018 01:07:34,880 --> 01:07:37,038 He had reason to be paranoid, 1019 01:07:37,257 --> 01:07:39,130 But it was drug related. 1020 01:07:39,342 --> 01:07:41,169 When you take drugs, 1021 01:07:41,385 --> 01:07:44,552 it is very hard to keep feet on the ground. 1022 01:07:45,556 --> 01:07:47,963 You're going to dinner 1023 01:07:48,183 --> 01:07:50,390 and talk about it in the newspaper. 1024 01:07:53,813 --> 01:07:54,976 Do you like it? 1025 01:07:57,609 --> 01:07:59,897 I guess it can be nice. 1026 01:08:02,113 --> 01:08:03,856 But not necessarily? 1027 01:08:07,409 --> 01:08:10,078 I prefer to try to stay away, 1028 01:08:10,287 --> 01:08:12,410 a bit away. 1029 01:08:12,747 --> 01:08:16,330 Not always out, to avoid being belittled, 1030 01:08:16,543 --> 01:08:18,701 as it happens very often. 1031 01:08:19,629 --> 01:08:21,954 Sometimes one is attacking you, right? 1032 01:08:22,173 --> 01:08:23,287 Always. 1033 01:08:23,507 --> 01:08:27,457 I know of no Featured in which it did not happen. 1034 01:08:28,887 --> 01:08:30,429 It is attacking you? 1035 01:08:31,807 --> 01:08:33,135 It happens. 1036 01:08:37,520 --> 01:08:39,145 He wanted to burst. 1037 01:08:39,355 --> 01:08:41,976 I think it broke. 1038 01:08:42,191 --> 01:08:44,018 He would not suffer. 1039 01:08:44,235 --> 01:08:48,149 Had he been a little more support, 1040 01:08:48,363 --> 01:08:50,771 if he had felt less alone, 1041 01:08:50,991 --> 01:08:55,533 less exploited, if he had been less disturbed... 1042 01:08:55,954 --> 01:08:58,741 In fact, was not equipped... 1043 01:08:59,916 --> 01:09:01,789 to face this crap. 1044 01:09:18,141 --> 01:09:19,469 He went to Hana. 1045 01:09:25,105 --> 01:09:26,765 He went with his father. 1046 01:09:27,316 --> 01:09:29,059 He ​​wanted to prove something to him, 1047 01:09:29,359 --> 01:09:31,932 show him that he had succeeded. 1048 01:09:32,153 --> 01:09:33,945 John wanted him to comply. 1049 01:09:34,155 --> 01:09:36,313 He wanted his approval. 1050 01:09:36,741 --> 01:09:40,275 From wherever you went, which you prefer? 1051 01:09:41,412 --> 01:09:43,654 The answer is trivial, this is Hawaii. 1052 01:09:45,457 --> 01:09:46,572 Why? 1053 01:09:50,253 --> 01:09:53,539 Because it is both convenient and wild, I guess. 1054 01:09:53,923 --> 01:09:57,458 There is everything there is in America, as the toothpaste. 1055 01:09:58,594 --> 01:10:00,587 One can also run 2 h. 1056 01:10:00,805 --> 01:10:02,927 And people speak English. 1057 01:10:12,565 --> 01:10:14,772 Torton Steve said something about you. 1058 01:10:14,984 --> 01:10:18,898 He said: "Jean-Michel is so brain 1059 01:10:19,113 --> 01:10:22,149 " you can put it anywhere " 1060 01:10:22,366 --> 01:10:25,320 It's not that your environment you indifferent, 1061 01:10:25,536 --> 01:10:29,319 but especially you live in your head 1062 01:10:29,539 --> 01:10:32,825 There is a big difference between here and Hawaii 1063 01:10:33,042 --> 01:10:35,747 I must think less about what surrounds me 1064 01:10:35,962 --> 01:10:38,203 and follow my instincts more 1065 01:10:40,007 --> 01:10:42,498 L ' , environment should not affect my work 1066 01:10:42,718 --> 01:10:44,924 I have to work on what I want 1067 01:10:46,888 --> 01:10:50,471 Do you consider yourself to be as naive when you were little 1068 01:10:51,893 --> 01:10:54,384 I'm still bothered by the past..?. 1069 01:10:54,604 --> 01:10:58,850 I say. "Had I known, I would not have done it" 1070 01:10:59,483 --> 01:11:03,860 Now there is a tremendous pressure 1071 01:11:04,071 --> 01:11:07,605 And competition in the world art which you belong. 1072 01:11:07,824 --> 01:11:10,611 You stay away to avoid cynicism? 1073 01:11:10,994 --> 01:11:13,948 In the world of art, they are all mercenaries 1074 01:11:14,288 --> 01:11:17,740 who want to enrich the maximum and as quickly as possible. 1075 01:11:21,128 --> 01:11:23,417 L.A. Was a safety valve. 1076 01:11:23,630 --> 01:11:26,121 He could not spend his life 1077 01:11:26,341 --> 01:11:28,547 it is not easy to integrate. 1078 01:11:28,760 --> 01:11:33,671 But it was to work. He ​​was more relaxed to paint. 1079 01:11:40,187 --> 01:11:44,516 When he returned to New York and he left his studio 1080 01:11:44,858 --> 01:11:47,183 I felt that it was an evolution. 1081 01:11:47,819 --> 01:11:50,310 Everyone knew it was Crosby Street. 1082 01:11:50,864 --> 01:11:52,939 People struck home. 1083 01:11:53,157 --> 01:11:56,028 Or, as it was on the 1st floor, they shouted, "Hey, John!" 1084 01:11:56,244 --> 01:11:58,117 He had away from it. 1085 01:11:58,329 --> 01:12:01,413 Andy found an apartment on Great Jones Street . 1086 01:12:03,292 --> 01:12:06,043 He loved Jean-Michel almost like a son. 1087 01:12:06,253 --> 01:12:09,040 Sometimes he worry for him. 1088 01:12:09,255 --> 01:12:10,999 Me too. 1089 01:12:11,216 --> 01:12:13,789 Sometimes we talked about. 1090 01:12:14,010 --> 01:12:17,343 I saw a lot with Andy at the time, 1091 01:12:17,555 --> 01:12:20,425 when they were very close. Andy was good advice. 1092 01:12:20,641 --> 01:12:23,677 Andy told him: "John, you did it 1093 01:12:23,894 --> 01:12:26,467 " You talked to your mother "This kind of stuff 1094 01:12:26,688 --> 01:12:30,935 He enumerated a list of things John said.." Yes I made it " 1095 01:12:31,150 --> 01:12:33,143 I thought it was good 1096 01:12:33,403 --> 01:12:36,902 When you're paranoid, believed people interested, 1097 01:12:37,114 --> 01:12:38,858 feels exploited 1098 01:12:39,074 --> 01:12:42,075 But the only friend that and he could call 1099 01:12:42,286 --> 01:12:46,449 To save his paranoia, his friends interested , 1100 01:12:46,665 --> 01:12:48,491 it was Andy Warhol. 1101 01:12:48,708 --> 01:12:52,077 John could really count on Andy. 1102 01:12:52,295 --> 01:12:54,868 I have never seen Andy so close to someone. 1103 01:12:55,089 --> 01:12:57,580 And so is John. 1104 01:12:57,800 --> 01:13:01,215 Both really loved. 1105 01:13:01,428 --> 01:13:04,761 Jean tried to do a show with him. 1106 01:13:04,973 --> 01:13:08,093 He ​​thought and get some recognition 1107 01:13:08,309 --> 01:13:09,969 and acceptance. 1108 01:13:16,400 --> 01:13:18,393 An idea crossed my mind 1109 01:13:18,611 --> 01:13:21,860 when Jean-Michel was with me, in St. Moritz. 1110 01:13:22,114 --> 01:13:23,857 I said, "It would be nice 1111 01:13:24,074 --> 01:13:26,861 " that you collaborate with one or two artists " 1112 01:13:27,077 --> 01:13:29,947 He ​​found that it was a good idea 1113 01:13:30,288 --> 01:13:32,992 I suggested Warhol.. . He ​​said: "I'd love to." 1114 01:13:39,380 --> 01:13:41,917 Their friendship and relationship have not given 1115 01:13:42,132 --> 01:13:45,216 Mere attempts collaboration 1116 01:13:45,427 --> 01:13:47,218 but many works. 1117 01:13:50,723 --> 01:13:53,214 Listen speak Andy, it was nice. 1118 01:13:53,684 --> 01:13:56,471 The watch him, it was nice. 1119 01:13:58,522 --> 01:13:59,933 It is really funny. 1120 01:14:01,608 --> 01:14:03,316 He tells lots of jokes. 1121 01:14:03,735 --> 01:14:07,815 Once I saw them work. Andy got angry against Jean-Michel 1122 01:14:08,031 --> 01:14:10,438 who painted over his work. 1123 01:14:11,492 --> 01:14:13,283 It was funny to see. 1124 01:14:14,745 --> 01:14:18,659 Andy was more influenced by Jean-Michel the reverse 1125 01:14:18,874 --> 01:14:21,495 because Andy had given up drawing 1126 01:14:21,835 --> 01:14:24,290 and Jean-Michel gave the drawing. 1127 01:14:24,504 --> 01:14:27,339 Nobody drew as Andy. It was crazy. 1128 01:14:27,674 --> 01:14:28,539 A year of work. 1129 01:14:28,758 --> 01:14:31,545 It was an idea and you found one another? 1130 01:14:31,761 --> 01:14:33,634 How you to collaborate? 1131 01:14:34,180 --> 01:14:36,884 He ​​started most of the tables. 1132 01:14:37,099 --> 01:14:38,973 It was... 1133 01:14:40,936 --> 01:14:43,427 something very concrete or recognizable. 1134 01:14:43,647 --> 01:14:45,556 For example, a newspaper headline, 1135 01:14:45,940 --> 01:14:48,348 logo of a product. And I transformais. 1136 01:14:48,568 --> 01:14:52,102 Then I tried to do rework. 1137 01:14:53,406 --> 01:14:55,612 I wanted it to do at least two things. 1138 01:14:57,409 --> 01:14:59,900 He liked to make one thing 1139 01:15:00,537 --> 01:15:02,826 me and let everything else. 1140 01:15:03,039 --> 01:15:06,622 You do not have the right paint on his work? 1141 01:15:06,835 --> 01:15:09,160 No, painted on the work of the other. 1142 01:15:10,963 --> 01:15:13,371 Fortunately for the world, 1143 01:15:13,591 --> 01:15:17,374 they produced a number of dramatic works 1144 01:15:17,845 --> 01:15:21,759 including a very large canvas with logo Mobile 1145 01:15:21,973 --> 01:15:23,847 and I penguin. 1146 01:15:24,059 --> 01:15:26,051 This is a true masterpiece. 1147 01:15:30,147 --> 01:15:32,223 He thought that if necessary, 1148 01:15:32,441 --> 01:15:34,517 not only as a friend of Warhol, 1149 01:15:34,735 --> 01:15:37,273 but as an artist painting with Warhol, 1150 01:15:37,488 --> 01:15:39,112 It would be more recognized, 1151 01:15:39,323 --> 01:15:43,071 finally get the respect he wanted. 1152 01:15:48,748 --> 01:15:50,657 This was not what he expected. 1153 01:15:52,793 --> 01:15:55,118 Everyone attacked these tables. 1154 01:15:56,630 --> 01:15:59,750 Jean-Michel has approached Andy at a time 1155 01:15:59,966 --> 01:16:02,718 where Andy was not very popular. 1156 01:16:03,011 --> 01:16:06,427 The works of Andy sold poorly in the 80 1157 01:16:07,015 --> 01:16:08,509 It has not been a big success. 1158 01:16:08,724 --> 01:16:11,559 The reviews were bad. 1159 01:16:11,769 --> 01:16:13,263 Nothing is sold. 1160 01:16:14,063 --> 01:16:17,645 I do not know if Jean-Michel feel guilty for having disappointed Andy 1161 01:16:17,858 --> 01:16:22,436 or believed the press saying Andy used him. 1162 01:16:29,660 --> 01:16:32,233 They said that it was the dog Andy. 1163 01:16:32,454 --> 01:16:33,783 He suffered. 1164 01:16:33,998 --> 01:16:36,667 I remember he left the next day 1165 01:16:36,875 --> 01:16:39,911 Los Angeles or Hawaii. 1166 01:16:41,004 --> 01:16:44,040 There is no income paint with Andy. 1167 01:16:53,349 --> 01:16:57,298 Everyone said he was finished. 1168 01:16:58,687 --> 01:17:00,347 It was hard to understand. 1169 01:17:01,439 --> 01:17:03,348 Andy Warhol died 1170 01:17:04,067 --> 01:17:05,561 A week ago, 1171 01:17:05,777 --> 01:17:09,477 he was hospitalized for an operation / gallbladder 1172 01:17:10,281 --> 01:17:12,320 and his heart stopped beating 1173 01:17:13,534 --> 01:17:15,610 His condition was stable 1174 01:17:15,827 --> 01:17:17,535 No one expected his death <. / i> 1175 01:17:20,123 --> 01:17:21,403 I was in shock, 1176 01:17:21,624 --> 01:17:26,203 I thought Andy would bury us all. 1177 01:17:26,796 --> 01:17:30,924 Jean-Michel was completely in shock. 1178 01:17:32,760 --> 01:17:35,547 We were all collapsed. 1179 01:17:35,887 --> 01:17:40,051 Andy had so much to us and our time . 1180 01:17:44,604 --> 01:17:47,770 There has never been able to overcome this ordeal . 1181 01:17:48,691 --> 01:17:51,182 I think that it was painful for him. 1182 01:17:51,485 --> 01:17:54,320 Thereafter he really collapsed. 1183 01:17:54,655 --> 01:17:58,782 Jean was in a tizzy. He ​​was crying hysterically. 1184 01:17:59,075 --> 01:18:02,989 Some friends told me: "You should talk to him." 1185 01:18:03,288 --> 01:18:07,119 When people tried to talk to him, 1186 01:18:07,333 --> 01:18:10,702 it shut very abruptly. 1187 01:18:12,046 --> 01:18:14,204 So I started 1188 01:18:14,423 --> 01:18:17,127 and I assure you he was suffering greatly. 1189 01:18:24,098 --> 01:18:27,763 Shortly after, he sank deeper into drug . 1190 01:18:30,437 --> 01:18:32,975 It was central in his life. 1191 01:18:40,321 --> 01:18:43,358 At first, he did not admit he took drugs. 1192 01:18:43,574 --> 01:18:45,697 He refused to talk about it. 1193 01:18:48,579 --> 01:18:49,741 Drugs? 1194 01:18:49,955 --> 01:18:51,663 I do not want to believe. 1195 01:18:51,874 --> 01:18:54,246 I put it up against the wall. 1196 01:18:54,459 --> 01:18:56,452 He said: "Not a word to my father." 1197 01:18:57,212 --> 01:18:59,335 I said, "It is not the question. 1198 01:18:59,547 --> 01:19:01,041 "Maybe I'll tell him 1199 01:19:01,758 --> 01:19:03,168 " or maybe not. 1200 01:19:03,384 --> 01:19:04,843 "This is your life." 1201 01:19:05,052 --> 01:19:08,386 I did not know it was so. It gave me a shock. 1202 01:19:11,558 --> 01:19:14,096 I was not so much in his life 1203 01:19:14,311 --> 01:19:16,054 over the past 18 months. 1204 01:19:16,438 --> 01:19:19,225 I knew he was taking a lot of drugs 1205 01:19:19,441 --> 01:19:22,726 and I went to see several times. 1206 01:19:23,069 --> 01:19:26,983 I wanted to talk to him about drugs, but it made him furious... 1207 01:19:29,742 --> 01:19:32,577 and violent this time, 1208 01:19:33,787 --> 01:19:36,194 if I told her to stop taking it. 1209 01:19:36,456 --> 01:19:38,828 The pressure of this artificial world 1210 01:19:39,042 --> 01:19:40,951 complicated his life. 1211 01:19:41,544 --> 01:19:42,712 "I am told that the drug kills me 1212 01:19:42,712 --> 01:19:43,708 " I am told that the drug kills me. 1213 01:19:43,921 --> 01:19:46,412 " I stopped and told me that my art is death." 1214 01:19:58,977 --> 01:20:00,720 I worked at Nell 1215 01:20:00,937 --> 01:20:03,891 And it arrived very late. It was a stampede. 1216 01:20:04,106 --> 01:20:06,893 I did not know who it was. He ​​came to my table. 1217 01:20:07,234 --> 01:20:10,069 He said arrogantly: "You want to see paintings 1218 01:20:10,279 --> 01:20:12,236 " I am a famous painter " 1219 01:20:12,656 --> 01:20:14,114 I replied: 1220 01:20:14,491 --> 01:20:17,776 ". Famous people not need to say that they are " 1221 01:20:18,369 --> 01:20:20,741 I went, there was no power 1222 01:20:20,955 --> 01:20:24,158 or invoice was not paid It was death 1223 01:20:24,375 --> 01:20:25,751 From the bottom of the... .; workshop he released tables 1224 01:20:25,751 --> 01:20:27,791 From the bottom of the workshop, he released tables 1225 01:20:28,003 --> 01:20:31,870 He told me: "Which do you prefer?" 1226 01:20:32,090 --> 01:20:35,708 C . Double Elvis was I did not know it was Warhol 1227 01:20:35,927 --> 01:20:39,177 I said... " You should make more like that" 1228 01:20:39,389 --> 01:20:42,058 He laughed and said: "Do not you know who I am!" 1229 01:20:42,266 --> 01:20:43,595 I said no. 1230 01:20:44,393 --> 01:20:48,307 Over time, I realized that kept me for that. 1231 01:20:48,522 --> 01:20:51,558 Because I knew absolutely nothing him. 1232 01:21:03,911 --> 01:21:06,366 I went up to him the moral 1233 01:21:06,580 --> 01:21:08,791 because he wanted to cancel the show. 1234 01:21:08,791 --> 01:21:09,656 Because he wanted to cancel the show. 1235 01:21:10,876 --> 01:21:13,414 I told him: "No, you can do it." 1236 01:21:13,712 --> 01:21:15,953 It was a few days varnishing. 1237 01:21:17,423 --> 01:21:20,792 His trademark was incredible detail. 1238 01:21:21,302 --> 01:21:24,505 The expo was very bare, but powerful. 1239 01:21:25,806 --> 01:21:27,633 This was simplified. 1240 01:21:27,850 --> 01:21:30,601 The paintings were larger and ironic. 1241 01:21:30,811 --> 01:21:32,269 This was different. 1242 01:21:32,479 --> 01:21:36,476 But it's also reduced. This was typical of a mature artist. 1243 01:21:37,859 --> 01:21:40,646 As if his work ended at the age of 27 years. 1244 01:21:41,320 --> 01:21:43,443 His latest paintings are ambitious 1245 01:21:43,656 --> 01:21:45,824 in terms of size and theme. 1246 01:21:45,824 --> 01:21:45,942 In terms of size and theme. 1247 01:21:46,158 --> 01:21:48,234 These are masterpieces. 1248 01:21:52,205 --> 01:21:54,281 Often unintentionally, 1249 01:21:54,499 --> 01:21:57,583 the artist a prophecy about the future. 1250 01:22:02,423 --> 01:22:06,372 The tables were successful, but a little scary. 1251 01:22:13,808 --> 01:22:14,851 One of them was covered the inscription: "The man dies." 1252 01:22:14,851 --> 01:22:17,852 One of them was covered the inscription: "The man dies." 1253 01:22:18,646 --> 01:22:20,603 It was really scary. 1254 01:22:21,190 --> 01:22:23,313 He was not in shape. 1255 01:22:23,692 --> 01:22:25,934 There were patches on the face. 1256 01:22:26,153 --> 01:22:27,861 He was unwell. 1257 01:22:29,072 --> 01:22:30,614 He had no moral 1258 01:22:30,824 --> 01:22:34,027 because he thought that the press would attack. 1259 01:22:34,244 --> 01:22:36,616 He was very anxious to Article 1260 01:22:36,829 --> 01:22:39,913 Anthony Haden-Guest wrote about him. 1261 01:22:40,333 --> 01:22:43,997 He was upset by his relationship with his father. 1262 01:22:44,461 --> 01:22:46,537 The drug made him sick. 1263 01:22:46,755 --> 01:22:49,044 All fell on him at the same time. 1264 01:22:50,884 --> 01:22:53,635 At the time, he was surrounded by little. 1265 01:22:53,845 --> 01:22:55,339 Very little. 1266 01:22:55,847 --> 01:22:57,471 His gallery, Glenn, 1267 01:22:57,682 --> 01:22:59,923 Kevin and few people. 1268 01:23:00,768 --> 01:23:04,516 I'd say it was a little lonely. 1269 01:23:04,938 --> 01:23:07,899 We lunched at the Odeon. The father of Jean-Michel was there. 1270 01:23:07,899 --> 01:23:08,397 We lunched at the Odeon. The father of Jean-Michel was there. 1271 01:23:09,025 --> 01:23:11,018 He said: "My father is here." 1272 01:23:11,236 --> 01:23:13,228 He went to see him. 1273 01:23:13,446 --> 01:23:16,317 He was with his friends, his father was with his family. 1274 01:23:16,532 --> 01:23:20,577 He meant: "I invite my friends to lunch , I succeeded." 1275 01:23:21,370 --> 01:23:24,454 Jean-Michel returned with his tail between his legs. 1276 01:23:24,665 --> 01:23:26,491 His father was cold with him. 1277 01:23:27,959 --> 01:23:29,786 Those moments 1278 01:23:30,212 --> 01:23:31,871 the demoralized. 1279 01:23:32,297 --> 01:23:35,251 I saw it with other famous friends. 1280 01:23:35,466 --> 01:23:37,459 After a certain threshold of success 1281 01:23:37,677 --> 01:23:41,970 they return to those they have known before being famous. 1282 01:23:44,475 --> 01:23:47,345 He came to me on the 1st Street. 1283 01:23:47,561 --> 01:23:50,348 He rang at night. 1284 01:23:50,563 --> 01:23:54,727 At the time, I lived with my new boyfriend. 1285 01:23:57,695 --> 01:23:59,687 He asked who it was. 1286 01:23:59,905 --> 01:24:02,610 . "Jean-Michel I come Suzanne is?" 1287 01:24:03,784 --> 01:24:05,452 Between Jonathan refused it. 1288 01:24:05,452 --> 01:24:05,488 Between Jonathan refused it. 1289 01:24:05,702 --> 01:24:09,320 I said, "Let him come, he may be in trouble." 1290 01:24:09,956 --> 01:24:13,539 I have it open by the intercom, but it is never mounted. 1291 01:24:13,751 --> 01:24:16,242 This is my last contact with him. 1292 01:24:19,548 --> 01:24:22,964 He came to my apartment on the 1st Street . 1293 01:24:23,552 --> 01:24:25,129 He yelled out the window. 1294 01:24:25,345 --> 01:24:28,132 He landed with a diptych. 1295 01:24:28,598 --> 01:24:29,975 He wrote: "To Samo Samo from." 1296 01:24:29,975 --> 01:24:31,682 He wrote: "To Samo Samo from." 1297 01:24:33,561 --> 01:24:35,969 And like a bastard, 1298 01:24:36,189 --> 01:24:39,308 I sold these tables. 1299 01:24:41,568 --> 01:24:43,976 - In his lifetime? - His lifetime. 1300 01:24:44,655 --> 01:24:48,070 The last time I saw him, is December 31. 1301 01:24:48,283 --> 01:24:52,327 He was alone in a bar, very sad , 1302 01:24:52,870 --> 01:24:54,662 but so touching. 1303 01:24:54,872 --> 01:24:57,956 He just smiled at me. 1304 01:25:01,754 --> 01:25:03,005 This image haunts me 1305 01:25:03,005 --> 01:25:03,502 This image haunts me 1306 01:25:03,714 --> 01:25:05,872 because it was Eve 1307 01:25:06,091 --> 01:25:07,550 and he was alone 1308 01:25:07,759 --> 01:25:11,673 so that was the artist's most famous his generation. 1309 01:25:31,114 --> 01:25:33,687 We booked a house in Maui. 1310 01:25:33,908 --> 01:25:37,111 The goal was mainly to wean. 1311 01:25:37,620 --> 01:25:40,573 At the last moment, he decided to go alone 1312 01:25:40,789 --> 01:25:42,165 because it was wrong. 1313 01:25:42,541 --> 01:25:44,533 So he went alone. 1314 01:25:51,090 --> 01:25:52,550 Returning to Los Angeles, it was clean. 1315 01:25:52,550 --> 01:25:53,546 Returning to Los Angeles, it was clean. 1316 01:25:53,759 --> 01:25:55,633 It took more drugs. 1317 01:25:56,053 --> 01:25:58,295 I went to look. 1318 01:25:58,514 --> 01:26:02,891 We bought Chinese food, we went to Mulholland. 1319 01:26:03,268 --> 01:26:06,553 We ate Chinese food in my car. 1320 01:26:10,024 --> 01:26:11,981 He was wrong. 1321 01:26:12,568 --> 01:26:14,395 For him, his career was over. 1322 01:26:14,612 --> 01:26:18,277 He knew that if retouched drug, he would die. 1323 01:26:20,617 --> 01:26:23,078 But he returned to New York. 1324 01:26:23,078 --> 01:26:23,196 But he returned to New York. 1325 01:26:27,415 --> 01:26:31,828 Summer is a strange season, it's downright hell in New York. 1326 01:26:32,045 --> 01:26:36,338 It's hot, we feel alone, the city is empty. 1327 01:26:40,010 --> 01:26:42,548 He left a message on my answering machine 1328 01:26:42,971 --> 01:26:45,841 saying he was back, 1329 01:26:47,225 --> 01:26:49,977 it was clean and fit 1330 01:26:50,561 --> 01:26:52,269 and he wanted to see me. 1331 01:26:52,855 --> 01:26:56,390 This is a classic. 1332 01:26:57,985 --> 01:27:01,484 They die of drugs when you least expect it. 1333 01:27:01,697 --> 01:27:02,114 Drugs and alcohol. 1334 01:27:02,114 --> 01:27:03,656 Drugs and alcohol. 1335 01:27:04,241 --> 01:27:08,155 It was an ordinary day. Kevin and he had to see Run-DMC. 1336 01:27:08,369 --> 01:27:09,780 He rejoiced. 1337 01:27:10,079 --> 01:27:14,290 He had a limo to go to the concert in style. 1338 01:27:14,792 --> 01:27:17,330 He had Kevin on the phone. 1339 01:27:17,628 --> 01:27:20,119 He slept, everything was normal. 1340 01:27:20,797 --> 01:27:24,462 I went out a few times as he rested in bed. 1341 01:27:25,218 --> 01:27:28,801 The last time I went up, he was not in bed. 1342 01:27:32,767 --> 01:27:35,144 He was dropped. 1343 01:27:35,144 --> 01:27:35,345 He was dropped. 1344 01:27:36,854 --> 01:27:38,562 We rushed 1345 01:27:38,772 --> 01:27:41,524 when she said he did not wake up. 1346 01:27:41,733 --> 01:27:44,604 When she opened the door, we went up . 1347 01:27:44,819 --> 01:27:47,191 It was on the ground unconscious. 1348 01:27:48,197 --> 01:27:51,649 I was at the beach and someone came to tell me... 1349 01:27:52,952 --> 01:27:53,983 his death. 1350 01:27:54,203 --> 01:27:56,776 Basquiat, 27, was born in Brooklyn 1351 01:27:56,997 --> 01:27:59,666 His brief career went from graffiti exhibitions in SoHo 1352 01:27:59,666 --> 01:28:00,995 His brief career went from graffiti exhibitions in SoHo 1353 01:28:01,918 --> 01:28:05,038 dangers of sudden success 1354 01:28:06,840 --> 01:28:09,165 "Jean-Michel overflowing ideas of genius." 1355 01:29:13,734 --> 01:29:16,023 He died at the age of 27, 1356 01:29:16,236 --> 01:29:19,107 leaving 1,000 paintings and 1,000 drawings . 1357 01:29:19,322 --> 01:29:23,783 It marked the art world and art history. 1358 01:29:23,993 --> 01:29:25,745 This is extraordinary. 1359 01:29:25,745 --> 01:29:25,863 This is extraordinary. 1360 01:29:28,039 --> 01:29:30,530 Nothing surprises me in terms of success. 1361 01:29:30,750 --> 01:29:34,249 The only thing that surprises me is that , even though I was 1362 01:29:34,461 --> 01:29:36,121 one of his biggest fans, 1363 01:29:36,338 --> 01:29:38,496 I did not understand 1364 01:29:38,715 --> 01:29:41,586 how his vision and talent were amazing. 1365 01:29:43,803 --> 01:29:46,259 His paintings were intended enigmatic. 1366 01:29:47,348 --> 01:29:49,554 They said: "Cope 1367 01:29:49,767 --> 01:29:53,183 " Our culture is complex. I give you clues " 1368 01:29:57,482 --> 01:29:58,775 Today, the future is 20 years have passed.. 1369 01:29:58,775 --> 01:30:01,266 Today, the future is here. 20 years have passed. 1370 01:30:01,861 --> 01:30:03,984 We have more recoil. 1371 01:30:05,490 --> 01:30:07,529 Jean-Michel would be delighted 1372 01:30:08,242 --> 01:30:10,994 how things happen, 1373 01:30:11,662 --> 01:30:14,283 since he knew how to play the game 1374 01:30:16,250 --> 01:30:19,914 "This song prodigy, Sing softly 1375 01:30:20,128 --> 01:30:23,248 = = "Because the song is violent. Sing softly 1376 01:30:23,464 --> 01:30:26,750 "Whenever possible Let her escape 1377 01:30:26,968 --> 01:30:27,301 " Nobody loves the child prodigy. 1378 01:30:27,301 --> 01:30:28,499 "No one likes the child prodigy 1379 01:30:29,011 --> 01:30:31,716 " Can you love an eagle, Wild or tame ? 1380 01:30:31,931 --> 01:30:35,465 "Wild or tame, do you like a monster scary name 1381 01:30:36,143 --> 01:30:38,431 " Nobody loves the child prodigy. 1382 01:30:38,645 --> 01:30:39,843 "Deliver the 1383 01:30:40,063 --> 01:30:42,814 " and let his soul run wild " 1384 01:32:54,102 --> 01:32:56,889 Adaptation. Odile Manforti 1385 01:32:57,147 --> 01:32:59,472 Subtitles: CMC