Two pink-faced police officers hold batons in a painting by this artist that features the word DEFACEMENT followed by a question mark in the background. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this artist of The Death of Michael Stewart. A cage-like top hat sits on top of a black figure in this artist’s painting Irony of Negro Policeman.
ANSWER: Jean-Michel Basquiat
[10e] Irony of Negro Policeman was painted shortly after Basquiat’s move away from this medium towards gallery art. Banksy is another artist who works in this medium.
ANSWER: graffiti [accept street art; prompt on spray paint; prompt on murals or wall art]
[10h] Irony of Negro Policeman was painted the same year as this other Basquiat painting, one of the few works of white men painted by Basquiat. This painting depicts a menacing white police figure wearing a peaked cap.
ANSWER: La Hara
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