Basquiat video with questions

Basquiat's work expresses

• A. his perception of living in America.

• B. what he feels about making art.

• C. the experience of being Black.

• D. A, B, and C are true.

Basquiat's artistic success in the 1980s helped to highlight

• A. how much more Black artists' work was valued.

• B. how few Black artists had managed to break through into the elite art scene in America.

• C. how few young artists are taken seriously by art critics.

Basquiat often crossed out or partially painted over some of the words in his works to

• A. engage the viewer's curiosity.

• B. show his dislike for those words or what they represented.

• C. cause the viewer to pay attention to the other words he used.

The friendship between Basquiat and Andy Warhol helped Basquiat by providing him

• A. financial support.

• B. connections to the elite world of highly successful artists, art critics, and dealers.

• C. an introduction to the woman he would eventually marry.

Jean-Michel Basquiat was

• A. an artist who never went to art school.

• B. a graffiti artist.

• C. the most successful Black artist in American history (so far).

• D. A, B, and C are correct.