Ok, trying to do a photographic homage to Basquiat is hard, and so humour me in my attempts. The following 2 came to me in a flash of inspiration last night as I was cooking dinner and yes, I am having a laugh whilst doing it! So first up is my homage to the painting Dextrose:
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| Dextrose or in my case granulated sugar |
Dextrose Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Dextrose \Dex"trose`\, n. [See Dexter.] (Chem.) A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar,C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits. Dextrose and levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic juice.
Here is a picture of the original painting which Jean-Michel Basquiat did in 1982
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| Dextrose. 1982 Jean-Michel Basquiat |
....and just because I thought this next picture would add the syrupy sweetness, here is Dexter holding a plastic rose, hence Dextrose! Yep, I called him through as I was in the kitchen and asked him to pose with the rose.
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| Dexter with plastic rose |
Now onto Loin. First up, here is a picture of the original painting he did also in 1982
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| Loin. 1982 by Jean-Michel Basquiat |
and here is my interpretation which came to me as I was making dinner last night which turned out to be really yummy even if I do say so! Amazing what you can do with a left over christmas cracker, cookie cutter, kitchen roll and a bit of a plastic rose. They are lying on unused dog poo pick up bags which I just happened to have in my pocket!
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| Loin |
Lastly, if you missed my original homage to him yesterday, here it is:
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| Homage to Jean-Michel Basquiat; (Portrait of Andy Warhol as a Banana) |
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Brown Spots, (Portrait of Andy Warhol as a Banana) 1984 |
Jean-Michel Basquiat is my muse for February
I do hope he isn't turning in his grave at my attempts or the thought of being my muse for February.
