Jim Crow (1986) by Jean Michel Basquiat : you are a museum guide

Jim Crow (1986) by Jean Michel Basquiat : you are a museum guide

Jim Crow (1986) by Jean Michel Basquiat : you are a museum guide, create the museum description
of this painting using what you know about segregation and about the History of the South of the
US. Describe the painting and try to interpret/analyze the intentions of the artist.
If you want to learn more about Basquiat go to:
http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFicheAilleurs.php?lang=en&id=988 + for his paintings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2ytkFDzdbk.
Jim Crow, 1986, Jean Michel Basquiat, painting on wood.
Vocabulary
Skeletal figure : silhouette squelettique
Nail : clouer
Ribs : côtes
Protruding : saillant, proéminent