CONTEMPORARY EXPLORER

                                                                                “ODE to Basquiat” by David Young Opinions bad and good surround the work of Basquiat. Was he a genius with a brush or just a lucky young man made famous by wild times of Andy Warhol.  A critic once said that in the darkest corners of the art world where paintings are left to die and be forgotten, “that Basquiat’s work will only occupy one second of even that space.”  He was not a fan. Nor are a lot of other people, put off by the garish colors, inhuman shapes and the un defined nature of his whole work. Still there are many things you can learn from Basquiat. The huge number of painting he did in his short life, how he was not afraid to paint big, show what he had, along the way gaining huge following ...

 

  Providence Square is one of those places almost forgotten. Houses stripped away to foundations, buildings half finished, dreams and stories left behind. 150 acres so close to the city, can't be left for long. Now new life stirs with plans for new stores and low income housing. Maybe they might find a way to make this work, tilling the acres to bring back the color of wealth there...

   It’s one of the first signs of a malls decline. Flaws and marks begin to appear on the floors. Management dutifully notes and flags them both for safety and the hope that they will be fixed. Tho money never comes though and they remain just more evidence that a malls days are numbered. The glitter of the place only a memory.