The second shot is of Rodin's Burghers of Calais. We had seen another copy at the Rodin Museum in Paris. This museum has a lot of Rodin stuff. I was motivated to get to BAM before Aug. 1st because the show entitled American High Style ends then. Today was the day. They have a huge collection of vintage clothes as well as all kinds of drawings that they began to ask designers for back around 1900. The museum also had an Andy Warhol collection entitled The Last Ten Years. In those years he paired up with Bisquiat and they did these things that to me are horrible. I don't know who died first Warhol or Bisquiat. I don't expect any of you to know anything about any of this. Here are a few shots inside the museum.
How could you know this: 'Basquiat' is a film documentary made in the late 90's -- we saw it back then (hey, the tickets were free). Basquiat burned fast and out like a lot of 'artists' in the 70's & 80's: drugs, sex, the usual ways to burn brightly and flash out of here. Maybe he ruined a good talent but we'll never really know.
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