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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 · Basquiat painted “The Death of Michael Stewart” on a wall of Keith Haring’s studio in NoHo in 1983. In 1985, Haring cut out a portion of drywall and his friend Sam Havadtoy added a frame ...
This exhibition took as its starting point the painting The Death of Michael Stewart, informally known as Defacement, created by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) in 1983.
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 ...
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.
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.
Jean-Michel Basquiat painted ‘Defacement’ (The Death of Michael Stewart) in 1983 to commemorate the death of a young, black artist who died from injuries sustained while in police custody after being arrested for allegedly tagging a New York City subway station.
