When Warhol met Basquiat: Paris exhibit explores icons' collaboration

(4 Apr 2023) FRANCE WARHOL BASQUIAT SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTION SUMMARY: LENGTH: 6:52 ASSOCIATED PRESS Paris, France - 3 April 2023 1. Various of “Stoves” (1984-85) by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol 2. Wide of (left to right) “GE” (1984-85), “Bananas” (1984-85) and “Unit Filter GE” (1984) by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol 3. Wide of “General Electric - White” by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol (1984), with black and white photographs of Warhol and Basquiat by Michael Halsband (1985) in background 4. Wide of “Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York City, July 10, 1985” photographs by Michael Halsband (1985) 5. Zoom in to “Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat #143 New York City, July 10, 1985” photograph by Michael Halsband (1985) 6. Close of framed polaroid by Andy Warhol "Self-portrait with Jean-Michel Basquiat" from their first official meeting on October 4, 1982 7. Zoom out to “Dos Cabezas” by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1982) painted from polaroid photo 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna Karina Hofbauer, guest curator: “Of course, Warhol being, you would say, back in those days, a godfather in the city (of New York). He always knew what was going on in town. And, of course, this was an interesting meeting, of course, also for Basquiat. But Basquiat was celebrating his own rise, he was already rocketing up there. So it was a very, as I said, and I think this is very important, mutual, respectful, equal relationship.” 9. Tracking shot of guest curators Dieter Buchhart and Anna Karina Hofbauer walking through gallery room 10. Wide of (left to right) “OP OP” (1984-85), “Collaboration N.19” (1984-85) and “PE D G Two Heads” (1984-85) by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol 11. Pan left from “Win $1,000,000” (1984) to “PE D G Two Heads” (1984-85) and “Collaboration N.19” (1984-85) by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol 12. Zoom in of “Ailing Ali in Fight of Life” (1984) by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol 13. Pan left from “Collaboration (Pontiac) No. 5” (1985), “Mind Energy” (1985), “$6.99” (1985) to “Felix the Cat” (1984-85) by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol 14. Wide of Buchhart and Hofbauer speaking by “Felix the Cat" (1984-85) 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dieter Buchhart, guest curator and Basquiat and Warhol expert: “This collaboration is extremely significant in art history and that has many reasons. On the one hand, it speaks so much to our time. It is like a remix, like two worlds coming together, but in a friendship, in a very respectful way. But they also created a dialectic room. So, this knowledge space they create together is incredible. But it’s like in our times: We take from anywhere, and we combine it with something totally different.” 16. Various of “$6.99” (1985) by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dieter Buchhart, guest curator and Basquiat and Warhol expert: “When you look at the scale of the works, also like '$6.99' behind me, incredible. This collaboration also wanted something. It was not just two great artists together, like Keith Haring and Basquiat, and they did a few works together, but that was it.” 18. Pan left of paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol 19. Various of "Number" (1984-85) by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol 20. Buchhart standing by “$6.99” 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Dieter Buchhart, guest curator and world’s leading expert on Basquiat and Warhol: 22. Various of “African Masks” (1984) by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol 23. Various of “Arm and Hammer II” (1984-85) by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol LEADIN: STORYLINE: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...