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rfmcdonaldAs those of you who follow my Instagram and Facebook feeds know, yesterday I visited the Art Gallery of Ontario to take in Now's The Time, the exhibition of the works of Jean-Michel Basquiat. I hadn't intended to wait until the final day of the exhibition to go. It was just that things kept accumulating over time, and my scheduling kept slipping, until finally I had to decide to go.
The exhibition was interesting, but Basquiat's work is so dense with allusions unfamiliar to me that the overall effect was lost to me. I did quite like his multimedia works.
Photography of Basquiat's work was not allowed. Instead, I went to the adjoining gift shop and looked at what was for sale. There were plenty of hardcover exhibition catalogues, but there were also things like $C 180 porcelain plates, $C 32 sandals, and any number of books.
Am I right to think he would have been amused?
The exhibition was interesting, but Basquiat's work is so dense with allusions unfamiliar to me that the overall effect was lost to me. I did quite like his multimedia works.
Photography of Basquiat's work was not allowed. Instead, I went to the adjoining gift shop and looked at what was for sale. There were plenty of hardcover exhibition catalogues, but there were also things like $C 180 porcelain plates, $C 32 sandals, and any number of books.
Am I right to think he would have been amused?
