Inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat, students create art and personal statements

In art class, we made amazing art pieces inspired by Jean Michel Basquiat. In my art piece, I portrayed the social issue of Rape, Sex Trafficking, and a woman's right to her own body. The symbols I utilized in my artwork were a handprint, a price tag, a barcode, and a woman's body. The three words that I used in my work to convey my message were “help”, “body”, and “ choice”. Finally, the...

  In class, we made self-portraits that were Jean-Michel Basquiat inspired. The global issue that resonates in my artwork would be women's rights, BLM and global warming. The signs that I put in my artwork that is personal to me would be the peace sign, hearts, flowers, crowns & butterflies; they all resonate with emotion. The three important words in my artwork that speak volumes in today’s...

In art class, I'm able to express my feelings openly. We began this project of self-portraits inspired by Basquiat. My self-portrait is called “The Traumatic Experience of Childhood.” I represented not only a personal issue but a social one that happens to many children. We're forced to grow up which affects us and our decisions as we grow and the people we meet. Due to this, we’re forced to ma...

In art class, we made self-portraits inspired by the artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat. The social issue that I portrayed in my artwork were issues that people may have experienced in the past three years. I wanted to do my artwork based on this because I wanted to voice the social issues that society faced in their daily life. I also used specific personal symbols throughout my project. For example, I u...

In art, we have been doing pieces inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat. I used symbols of what I see as comfort when I'm alone, such as sitting in the rain or playing in the rain puddles. The meaning of my art piece is supposed to represent the perspective of being either sad or happy depending on what you do. A personal part of my art piece is the date I added meaning a depressing day for me. I'm sa...

The last couple of classes we’ve had in art have been about creating a self-portrait inspired by the artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat. The fire in my head is my feelings of perseverance, devotion, enthusiasm and passion. The fire in my head represents how much passion I have for the work I do and my devotion to doing good in school and getting up every morning to go to school on time no matter how tired...