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Posted in music on February 14, 2008
"An $8 million painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat has been located in a Manhattan warehouse after apparently being smuggled out of Brazil, federal prosecutors said." [Yahoo]
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How can we be sure it's not just a very good reproduction made by a retarded 5 year old?
Posted by Anonymous | February 14, 2008 11:15 AM
That is the $8 million question.
Posted by Renee | February 14, 2008 11:33 AM
11:15 -- maybe in a year you could tell us...
Posted by Anonymous | February 14, 2008 11:36 AM
11:15
idiot.
"anyone can do it" huh?
Posted by Anonymous | February 14, 2008 3:04 PM
No Basquiat was talented! TALENTED!
Posted by Anonymous | February 14, 2008 4:24 PM
This shit is genius:
http://eliot.gq.nu/basquiat_earth.jpg
Posted by Anonymous | February 14, 2008 4:26 PM
the world is doomed
Posted by Anonymous | February 14, 2008 4:28 PM
This shit is genius:
http://eliot.gq.nu/basquiat_earth.jpg
Posted by Anonymous | February 14, 2008 4:29 PM
i agree, it is genius...and supports the point...
...the world is doomed
Posted by Anonymous | February 14, 2008 4:31 PM
I guess it's okay to sound like a complete moron if you make an anonymous post.
Next they'll be saying "Guernica" could have been painted by a chimp.
Posted by rocked the shit | February 14, 2008 4:33 PM
3:04 PM - No, no, no you have it all wrong. Not "anyone can do it." You have to be able to fit into the suit.
Posted by Anonymous | February 14, 2008 4:36 PM
This is the painting in question
Posted by Anonymous | February 14, 2008 4:47 PM
Oh, HTML is disabled
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3417/hannibalmichealbasquiatlj8.jpg
Posted by Anonymous | February 14, 2008 4:48 PM
good!!i like the style
Posted by mac cosmetics | January 24, 2010 5:16 AM