Studio Lab is one of the many programs Rock The Auction supports at Walgrove Elementary. This year the students studied the life and work of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and as Miss Francesca says "forged" 4 of his paintings as part of the project. The kids listened to the music Basquiat listened too, they discussed the social commentary themes of his work and created amazing peices! 3 sold at the live auction but we kept one for online! 

Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American neo-expressionist artist who's art focused on "suggestive dichotomies", such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience. He appropriated poetry, drawing, and painting, and married text and image, abstraction, figuration, and historical information mixed with contemporary critique.

On May 18, 2017, at a Sotheby's auction, Basquiat's 1982 painting, also Untitled, created with oil stick and spray paint and depicting a skull, set a new record high for any U.S. artist at auction, selling for $110,500,000.

How much will the students' version will raise for Walgrove Elementary?