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Too Young For What? Celebrate the creativity of Jean-Michel Basquiat @ Barbican

Too Young For What? is a free day of art and activities - an explosion of creativity across the Barbican Centre - stretching from the lo-fi to the high-tech, inspired by Barbican Art Gallery exhibition Basquiat: Boom For Real (21 Sep 2017 — 28 Jan 2018), the first large-scale exhibition in the UK of the work of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960­1988).

Visitors can explore different forms of contemporary creation including poetry, zine-making, glitch art, performance and film. The day includes insightful talks and newly commissioned responses to Basquiat’s work by cutting edge artists, art hacks, workshops, debates and installations – all driven by Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning’s work with young artists and collectives from east London.

Polaroid artist and author of Polaroid: The Missing Manual, Rhiannon Adam will create a growing Polaroid installation in the Barbican foyer; capturing the day and deconstructing Polaroid film as material culture

Earlier Event: August 29
MIGRATE Book Launch & Exhibition