In my studio, I began working during a time of waiting. The producers of the new Basquiat film selected some of my works to be included in it and asked me to paint original pieces inspired by the artistic collaboration between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat back in 1985 in New York City, where poverty, reformism, social control, and police corruption completely changed the rhythm of the city.
I can imagine Jean-Michel Basquiat trying to express himself in a broken society with his street art—machetes and policemen painted using the drip technique, also known as the splatter technique, invented by the greatest exponent of abstract expressionism, Jackson Pollock. These were also the times when pop art was fighting for its position, led by the master Andy Warhol, with his iconic soup cans and industrial silkscreen prints.
It is clear that art is constantly transforming and changing according to the times and who we are. We tell unique and unrepeatable stories that are reflected on the canvas like old wrinkles.
Today, almost 40 years after that time, two works inspired by him are born in my studio in Buenos Aires. Help Pop speaks about the death of pop art in times where immediacy is trendy and NFTs are sold ephemerally.
