“SAMO© as an alternative to playing art with the ‘radical chic’ sect on Daddy’s $ funds.”

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graffiti text piece street art work

“SAMO© as an alternative to playing art with the ‘radical chic’ sect on Daddy’s $ funds.” is a graffiti text piece associated with the SAMO© tag used by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Al Diaz, satirizing elitist, moneyed art-world culture in late-1970s New York.

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Surface form	Occurrences
SAMO© as an alternative to playing art with the ‘radical chic’ sect on Daddy’s $ funds.	0

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	graffiti text piece ⓘ street art work ⓘ
artForm	text-based graffiti ⓘ
artisticIntention	to mock ‘radical chic’ posturing ⓘ to satirize moneyed art-world culture ⓘ
associatedPlace	Lower East Side NERFINISHED ⓘ SoHo NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Al Diaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Michel Basquiat NERFINISHED ⓘ SAMO© NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizes	elitist art-world culture ⓘ performative radical politics in art ⓘ wealthy art patrons ⓘ
culturalContext	New York City graffiti culture ⓘ late-1970s downtown Manhattan ⓘ
depicts	Daddy’s money-funded art scene ⓘ ‘radical chic’ sect ⓘ
genre	conceptual art ⓘ graffiti ⓘ
hasCreator	Al Diaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Michel Basquiat NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTag	SAMO© NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme	anti-establishment sentiment ⓘ class critique ⓘ social criticism ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ
mainSubject	critique of art-world commercialization ⓘ critique of elitism ⓘ radical chic culture ⓘ satire of wealthy patrons ⓘ
medium	marker ⓘ spray paint ⓘ
movement	Downtown New York art scene ⓘ street art ⓘ
notableFor	early example of Basquiat’s social critique ⓘ use of trademark symbol © in street tag ⓘ
partOf	SAMO© graffiti series NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	New York City art-world of the 1970s ⓘ post-graffiti art movement ⓘ
style	cryptic slogan ⓘ ironic text ⓘ
timePeriod	late 1970s ⓘ

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