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The Death of Michael Stewart, known as Defacement, is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1983. The artwork is Basquiat's response to anti-Black racism and police brutality. It memorializes the death of Michael Stewart at the hands of New York City Transit Police for allegedly writing graffiti in the subway. No ...
Jul 30, 2019 · What is known is that the police brought him, hogtied and badly injured, to Bellevue Hospital, where he died after two weeks in a coma. Basquiat painted “The Death of Michael Stewart” on a...
Jul 1, 2019 · The curator Chaédria LaBouvier asserts their kinship, as protest art, with “Defacement.” (The painting’s official title is “The Death of Michael Stewart.”) It’s a stretch.
- Peter Schjeldahl
With The Death of Michael Stewart as its centerpiece, this exhibition examined Basquiat’s exploration of Black identity, his protest against police brutality, and his attempts to craft a singular aesthetic language of empowerment.
May 9, 2023 · Stewart, a 25-year-old artist, was allegedly drawing on the walls of the subway on 15 September 1983 when he was approached by transit cops who then placed him under arrest. Witnesses say they saw the cops throw him to the ground after exiting the train station.
Oct 19, 2016 · Basquiat painted Defacement after fellow artist Michael Stewart was beaten to death by New York City police in September 1983. Originally painted on the wall of Keith Haring’s studio in the days after Stewart’s death, the painting is now privately owned and seldom displayed in public.
The Death of Michael Stewart, known as Defacement, is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1983. The artwork is Basquiat's response to anti-Black racism and police brutality. It memorializes the death of Michael Stewart at the hands of New York City Transit Police for allegedly writing graffiti in the subway. No ...
