chen sung-chih
Jean-Michel Basquiat: A Life in Fragments Born in Harlem, New York City, in 1960 to a Haitian father and Puerto Rican mother, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s life was one of rapid ascent and tragic brevity. His early years were marked by instability and the loss of his father at a young age – an event that profoundly shaped his artistic vision, fueling themes of identity, power, and social injustice. He began experimenting with art as a child, initially through graffiti, quickly mastering the techniques of tagging and creating elaborate pieces on subway cars throughout New York City. This street-lev…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of chen sung-chih's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
