FEATURES OF UGLINESS IN JEAN – MICHEL BASQUIAT'S DRAWINGS PJAEE, 17(6) (2020) FEATURES OF UGLINESS IN JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT'S DRAWINGS Assist. Lect. Hawra Ali Abed Muhammad Regan1 , Prof. Dr. Ali Shanawa Wadi2 1,2University of Babylon/Iraq, College of Fine Arts, Department of Art Education. Assist. Lect. Hawra Ali Abed Muhammad Regan , Prof. Dr. Ali Shanawa Wadi ,Features Of Ugliness In Jean-Michel Basquiat's Drawing , Palarch’s Journal Of Archaeology Of Egypt/Egyptology 17(6). ISSN 1567-214x. Keywords: features of ugliness, Jean-Michel Basquiat. Abstract: The current research investigates (the features of ugliness in the drawings of jean- michel basquiat), as (Basquiat) is one of the most famous and popular artists in the formation of the postmodern phase, which in turn is a reaction to all the modernist data and its opposition, as it was born out of doubt and suspicion in the mind and Facts and the idea of existence, which drew its strength from philosophy from the middle of the twentieth century and the decades that followed, and its artists often mix between different artistic and popular styles, and with individual experiences that raise important issues with an artistic shift away from all previous idealistic labels, and graffiti art best embodies the above mentioned in This modest research is one of the most prominent phenomena in the contemporary time, the artist (Jean-Michel Basquiat), who passed away two decades ago and until this moment his works are being auctioned, adding that they are the biggest focus of questions and raise questions. In light of this, the research consists of the methodological framework of the research, starting with the problem, the importance of the research, its goal and its limits. It also includes the theoretical framework of the research and research procedures and ends with the most important results and conclusions. Chapter one: Research problem: the artist has recently sought, especially in the post-modern phase, to rush into great development and experience. Freedom and expression of the artist’s self in a way that calls for attention and contemplation, thanks to the artist’s 16425 FEATURES OF UGLINESS IN JEAN – MICHEL BASQUIAT'S DRAWINGS PJAEE, 17(6) (2020) diligence and ridding him of the restrictions imposed on him and on art in advance and the abundance of alternatives and techniques. So the artist became more free to express himself in the artistic production and in the criticism of human reality and the issues of societies in light of the transformations that took place in the post-modern era, which is the post-war era coinciding with the migration of many artists to the United States of America, which severed the link with many of the data, concepts and methods of the past under the weight of the new thought This is combined with chaos, absurdity, technological and technical development, free direct expression, the permanent demolition of values in the face of the new construction and the activation of the fabric of the will that rejects and boycotts the totalitarian, the absolute, the purely beautiful, and the diligence in order to devote the relative, the daily transit, and the marginalized . In light of this, this study, investigating the features of ugliness, sheds light on one of the largest representatives of the new and most popular and famous graffiti and expressive art movements, "Jean-Michel Basquiat" as the artist who occupies the first place in both movements, as he became a phenomenon through the great freedom in presenting his themes Artistic in his own style and new free techniques to be the owner of the sixth most expensive painting in the world. In light of the foregoing, the problem of the current research is summarized by a problem that imposes itself through questions represented as follows: _ What are the features of ugliness in Jean-Michel Basquiat’s drawings The importance of research and the need for it: The possibility of benefiting from this study by researchers in the fields of art, aesthetics, educational and psychological sciences, and researchers in the fields of art education and fine criticism . Research Objective: The current research aims to : Recognizing the features of ugliness in the drawings of "Jean-Michel Basquiat" The limits of the research: The limits of the research are the products of the artist "Jean-Michel Basquiat" in the United States of America for the period (1975-1988 AD). •Define terms: ugliness A - Language: The word “ugly” appears in “Lisan al-Arab” meaning: the opposite of goodness is in the form, and the verb is ugly. Something (Ibn Manzur, 2003, p. 21). The word “ugly” appears in (Al-Munajjid in the Arabic language) meaning (the opposite of good in saying, deed, or image, and the ugly: ugly, ugly, hideous, unpleasant to look at, with a repulsive appearance) (Al-Munajjid in contemporary Arabic, b. T, pp. 1120 – 1121). b - Idiomatically: The (ugliness) of (Charles Lalo) is not only the absence of harmony, but also the negative or hostile attitude towards harmony (Al-Shukirji, 2002, p. 151). The researcher defines the features of ugliness in a procedural definition as expressive ranges specific to the artist working to distort the aesthetic elements prevalent in the 16426 FEATURES OF UGLINESS IN JEAN – MICHEL BASQUIAT'S DRAWINGS PJAEE, 17(6) (2020) artistic achievement in form, content and technique in order to have a negative impact on the recipient's response, all of which are psychological reflections of the artist in the field of consciousness and his subconscious. Chapter II Features of ugliness in the products of postmodern art : Wars have contributed in a difficult way and have become as a catalyst and instigator to advance civilization for you from the historical and intellectual changes and transformations. Bradley described the civilizational tremors that have regularly abounded in the history of thought, science and art, so he divided them into three types. The second is not (large displacements) characterized by the deep transformations that they leave behind, and the third is in the form of (the sweeping destroyer), which undermines a wide area of civilized and intellectual thought, but it provokes the enthusiasm to build an alternative (Abdul Salam, bin Abdul-Ali, 1991, p. 104). Several changes were made in the course of the productions of postmodern artists through formal and implicit displacements such as the artist (William de Kooning), who officially became executing women with ugly forms, savage and seductive at the same time. , arrangement, relationships, light), and in the sixties (De Koenig) completed the issue of women, in which there are works of forms that are thinner, more graceful and sensual, despite the scarcity of color presentation at the time, and that his great achievements lie in integrating personal content with the rejection of style with the marriage of symbol to the suggestive style Severe, meaning (non- stylistic) (Anthony, Everitt, p25), figure (1) Figure (1) Likewise the artist (Dubuffet), as he usually searches in the folds of the savagery that lies far behind our faces in areas behind the face mask, and he searches at the intuition of the naive, what is spontaneous lies behind the masks of the everyday, bringing about a revolution of new aesthetics where his works investigate the innate and childish that lie In the heart of Dubuffet, immersed in imaginative intuition, things that surprise the recipient, shock the ugly, ugly forms, to raise the corner of new aesthetic values from them to forms closer to them to caricature forms that invade ferocity of inner anxiety, and a margin of personal freedoms announces themselves with excessive pornography Forms that ridicule From the forum, through the naive and spontaneous in it (Al-Dulaimi, Riyadh, 2013, p. 475). Figure (2) 16427 FEATURES OF UGLINESS IN JEAN – MICHEL BASQUIAT'S DRAWINGS PJAEE, 17(6) (2020) Figure (2) And also the artist (Francis Bacon), where he intends to isolate the human image within the external frame, specifically its position from the angle of an illusory vision, and supports the embodiment of the plastic space of the planned structural structure within the general composition in the form of a cage surrounding the person in the middle of the painting. With him (Bacon) in more than one field, using these synthesis structures and the accompanying distorted forms that have been kneaded and warped, as they contribute to the expression of camouflaged events and in an indirect way based on symbolic metaphors. (Amhaz, 2009, 454). Figure (3) (Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960-1988): The influential American artist who achieved fame in the late 1970s and early 1980s was credited with employing graffiti in the world of fine arts. His drawings were characterized by ugliness, rebellion, provocation and rejection, as well as depicting the dark-skinned characters in his productions because he is a negro who suffers from clear racism towards the environment in which he lives, along with Keith Haring, whose work rose early in downtown New York with his friend (Al Diaz) under the pseudonym (samoo), (Jean) worked on many collaborations with pop art icon Andy Warhol, part of the Abstract Expressionist movement. Through his paintings, he mixed African images and avatars with distinctive gesture gestures, in addition to bright spots. A retrospective exhibition of Michelle was held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1992-1993. He spent his life working in New York until his death due to an overdose. From Drugs (adam brown, 2009, 94-97). Basquiat focused on suggestive divisions such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience, and used social commentary in paintings as “a starting point for deeper truths about the individual.” as well as the attack He focused on power structures and racist regimes, while his fellow poets were sharply political and direct in their criticism of colonialism and support for class struggle (Hoffman, fred, 2005.p, 129-139).