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

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“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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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 ⓘ
SoHo ⓘ
associatedWith Al Diaz ⓘ
Jean-Michel Basquiat ⓘ
SAMO© ⓘ
linked to: SAMO
countryOfOrigin 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 ⓘ
Jean-Michel Basquiat ⓘ
hasTag SAMO© ⓘ
linked to: SAMO
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 ⓘ
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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SAMO → notableWorkExample → “SAMO© as an alternative to playing art with the ‘radical chic’ sect on Daddy’s $ funds.” ⓘ