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Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure

me, Susie, Heidi at the Basquiat show in NYC

I recently took a day off , headed to NYC to basked in Basquiat with Susie and Heidi, the super talented owners of Rock Scissor Paper. I really didn’t know too much about Jean-Michel Basquiat before seeing this show. I knew he briefly dated Madonna (pre-fame) and that was about it. It was incredible - He truly was AMAZING. They even recreated his Great Jones St. studio and the famous 80s club - The Palladium!!!

Go and see the Basquiat show NOW!

I even took a moment to visit Hudson Yards. The relatively new urban design mega-development on NYC’s west side.

Here’s some highlights…

Artwork, design, Jean Michel Basquiat, The 80s, New York CityChris BickStarlett Lehigh BuildingJean Michel Basquiat, King Pleasure, NYC, New York City, Art exhibitionComment
With Honors
With Honors

While doing some Spring Cleaning in my file cabinet, I came across this old design competition I did to redesign the Cabrini Green Public Housing Project in Chicago - Sponsored by the Chicago Tribune, circa 1993. I didn't win but got an "honorable mention!"

You can read the little blurb but essentially the idea was to turn the site into shared-land farms with markets and the derelict buildings transformed to cultural/educational institutions.

Eek, that curved street dead-ending into the Chicago River is problematic but I love the patchwork colors and can totally see the Bernard Tschumi / Parc de la Villette influence. - C'mon folie.

#designcompetition #chicago #farm #patchwork #cabrinigreen #siteplan #publichousing #zoning #masterplan

Architecture, Artwork, chicago, design, Graphic Design, Landscape, rendering, design competitionChris BickCabrini greendesign, competition, chicago, landscape design, master planning, cabrini green, design competition, public house, public housingComment
That's a Tall Order
That's a Tall Order
doric trabeation Chris bick .jpg

"Doric Trabeation" - Watercolor on Arches Paper. I made this painting of the classic Doric Order of architecture in my first year of Architecture School (Univ of IL at Chicago, 1987). Crazy how time flies. I was really shocked to learn that the Greek Temples were really painted in these bright colors.

#architectureschool #watercolor #doric #trabeation #painting #greektemple #ancientGreece #Doricorder #Parthenon #Triglyphs #metopes #guttae #mutules #axonometric #entablature #Bucranium

Architecture, Artwork, watercolor, Throwback ThursdayChris Bickdoric, watercolor, trabeation, architecture, Ancient Greece, painting, vintage, artworkComment