Seeing Loud, Basquiat and Music

Mary-Dailey Desmarais is Chief Curator at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MBAM). She curated the major exhibitions "Paris in the Days of Post-Impressionism: Signac and the Indépendants" (2020), and "Once Upon a Time…The Western: A New Frontier in Art and Film" (2017).Dieter Buchhart is a curator and art theorist based in Vienna. He has PhD degrees in art history and restoration (science). He has curated many exhibitions in renowned international museums and art spaces and was co-curator of the Fondation Louis Vuitton's exhibition Jean-Michel Basquiat (3 October 2018-21 January 2019).Journalist and former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Jazzman magazine, Vincent Bessières curated the exhibitions We Want Miles (2009) and Django Reinhardt, Swing de Paris (2012) at the Cité de la Musique–Philharmonie de Paris.

• FOREWORDS008Basquiat: Musician of Our TimesStephane Aquin010When the Eye ListensMarie-Pauline MartinPRELUDES014INTRODUCTIONSeeing Loud:Basquiat and MusicMary-Dailey Desmarais (MDD)032Michael HolmanInterview: Mary-Dailey DesmaraisNEW YORKBEATS040The Urban Soundscape:A Playlist in RemixCarlo McCormick052Gray Matters:Rambling Reminiscence of Basquiatand His OrchestraGlenn O’Brien061“Beat Bop”Vincent Bessieres064Nicholas TaylorInterview: Vincent Bessieres090Torrick “Toxic” AblackInterview: Vincent BessieresSEEINGSOUND098The Sound of BasquiatDieter Buchhart122Anna DominoInterview: Vincent Bessieres127Basquiat’s NotebooksMary-Dailey Desmarais134A Panel of ExpertsMary-Dailey Desmarais136Arto LindsayInterview: Vincent BessieresJAZZ150Now’s the TimeVincent Bessieres152“One Great Big Loudspeaker”:Jazz and Blues in the Work of Jean-Michel BasquiatVincent Bessieres (VB)190George CondoInterview: Mary-Dailey Desmarais196Basquiat’s BoxesVincent BessieresFROM HIP-HOP TO BLUES AND BEYOND204Cut to the Bone:The Blackness of Basquiat’sPerformative LineKobena Mercer220Lee JaffeInterview: Mary-Dailey Desmarais222Slave AuctionVincent Bessieres224Basquiat:EroicaFranklin Sirmans230Fab 5 FreddyInterview: Franklin Sirmans254ScoresJames Brandon LewisThomas Sayers Ellis258Chronology:In Time with Basquiat276List of Illustrations281Suggested Readings and Doc