Purple Diary
[December 14 2024]
“Jean-Michel Basquiat. Engadin” at Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz, until March 29th, 2025
This exhibition immerses viewers in Basquiat’s restless world, where the energy of New York City collides with the stillness of the Swiss Alps. His art, raw and electric, is scattered with fragmented narratives—text scrawls, rhythmic imagery, and symbols that riff on everything from alpines to urban noise. It’s a layered dialogue, weaving race, memory, and history into a visual cadence that feels as timeless as it is urgent. Here, Basquiat isn’t just painting; he’s decoding life at the intersection of chaos and contemplation.
