La Hara (1981)
Jean-Michel Basquiat (* 22 December 1960 in New York City; † 12 August 1988 ibid.)
Acylic and oilstick on wood
From the exhibition BASQUIAT. THE RETROSPECTIVE at the Albertina Museum in Vienna
"The depiction of the police officer in Basquiat's works is an explosive socially critical commentary on the problem of ruthless police brutality and the racism associated with it. La Hara is a Puerto-Rican slang word for "police"..." (Information text in the museum)
"Virtually no other artist comes anywhere close to being as representative of the 1980s and that decade’s pulsating New York art scene as does the brilliantly exceptional artistic phenomenon that was Jean-Michel Basquiat." www.albertina.at/en/exhibitions/basquiat/
La Hara (1981)
Jean-Michel Basquiat (* 22 December 1960 in New York City; † 12 August 1988 ibid.)
Acylic and oilstick on wood
From the exhibition BASQUIAT. THE RETROSPECTIVE at the Albertina Museum in Vienna
"The depiction of the police officer in Basquiat's works is an explosive socially critical commentary on the problem of ruthless police brutality and the racism associated with it. La Hara is a Puerto-Rican slang word for "police"..." (Information text in the museum)
"Virtually no other artist comes anywhere close to being as representative of the 1980s and that decade’s pulsating New York art scene as does the brilliantly exceptional artistic phenomenon that was Jean-Michel Basquiat." www.albertina.at/en/exhibitions/basquiat/