TIKTOK ART. THE TAXIDERMY OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
TIKTOK ART. THE TAXIDERMY OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT

Summary/Abstract: Performativity can rob movements, phenomena, places, and images of their substance. The purpose of this article is to study this function, as it engages with the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat. His work has been subjected to this process, suffering a taxidermy. His method, context, social engagement, and the urgency characteristic to his art have been reduced to self-referential symbols. This paper introduces the original concept of artistic taxidermy, aiming to analyze the evisceration undergone by the conceptual content of Basquiat’s work, while providing a theoretical filter for the distinction between authentic artistic intention and taxidermy.

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