— unpredictable thoughts

philadelphia murals : the young king

and his fairy friend.

Rose­wood Street, between Cather­ine & Chris­t­ian Street. Cen­ter City, Philly

photo by flickr friend, fen branklin

The Philadel­phia Mural pro­gram is out­stand­ing. The pat­terned back­grouds and the fairy always catch my atten­tion. The young king is very dreamy.

Reminds me of Basquiat (1996).

What iden­ti­fies Jean-Michel Basquiat as a major artist is courage and full pow­ers of self-transformation. That courage, mean­ing not being afraid to fail, trans­forms par­a­lyz­ingly self-conscious ‘predica­ments of cul­ture’ into con­fi­dent ‘ecstasies of cul­tures recom­bined.’ He had the guts, what is more, to con­front New York art chal­lenge num­ber one: can you trans­form self and her­itage into some­thing new and named?
– Robert Far­ris Thompson

<img src=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/Basquiatmovieposter.jpg/200px-Basquiatmovieposter.jpg

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