Salomon Emquies
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Emerson Troop, West Hollywood, 1996-1998
Blackman Cruz, Los Angeles, 2002-2003
JF Chen, Hollywood, 2003-2006
Frank Pictures Gallery, Santa Monica, Sept.10-30 2006 (Fine Lines on water group show) Farmany Gallery, Los Angeles Sept. 7-29 2006 (Trees Group show)
East/West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 2007 (Ebb/Flow group show)
Glü gallery, Los Angeles, March 3 to March 31 2007 (Linked, solo exhibition)Video and Film ExhibitionsRammellzee, Toxic C-1, the Rhythm Lounge (aka Rodeo), 1983
Digital transfer from U- Matic 3/4" video (colour, sound) 8:03 minutes"During his visit to Los Angeles in 1982/83, Jean-Michel Basquiat asked artist Salomon Emquies to make a film with artists Rammellzee and Toxic at the Rhythm Lounge, a weekly club Emquies run. Rammellzee rapped over Toxic's DJ beats and Emquies recorded the performance on U-Matic 3/4" video. The process also entailed Basquiat creating drawings that Emquies incorporated in editing. It has been included in various exhibitions around the world:Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada • Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now's the Time • February 2 - May 10, 2015
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain • Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now's the Time • July 3rd - November 1st , 2015
RedBull Arts New York • RAMM:ELL:ZEE: Racing for Thunder • May 04, 2018 - Aug 26, 2018
Mori Arts Center Gallery Tokyo, Japan • Basquiat: Made in Japan • September 20 - November 17, 2019
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia • Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines • Dec 1st 2019 • Mar 15 2020
Museum of Fine Arts Boston • Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation • October 18, 2020 - July 25, 2021
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada • Seeing Loud: Basquiat and Music • October 15th 2022 - February 19th 2023
Musée de la Musique / Philharmonie de Paris • Basquiat Soundtracks • April 6th - July 30th 2023
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France • Rammellzee Alphabeta Sigma (Face A) • June 12 to September 7 2025
CAPC Bordeaux, France • Rammellzee Alphabeta Sigma (Face B) • November 21 2025 to April 26 2026Experimental video works (part of the Getty Special Collections)
Emotional decay [1981]
Very [1981]
External torture [1979]
Oops it's an accident [1982]Short Films
Un Malaise Prémédité, 1977, 9 min. featuring Tommy Gear, Maryjane Cunningham.
Best Experimental Film, Ann Arbor Film Festival 1978. and Certificate of Merit Award, Chicago Film Festival 1978
An Esoteric Tranquility, 1978, 15 min. featuring Sue Kiel, Scott Guerin and Denise Crosby
Gold Plaque, 15th Chicago International Film Festival and Siver award experimental film, The 13th Houston Film FestivalBibliography
An Oral/Visual History of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (Brendan Mullen) 2010
Acid for the Children (Flea) 2022
Seeing Loud, Basquiat and Music (Mary-Dailey Desmarais, Dieter Buchhart) and Vincent Bessieres) 2022
Basquiat by Himself (Dieter Buchhart, Anna Karina Hofbauer, et al.) 2019
Writing the future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation (Liz Munsell and Greg Tate) 2020
Jean Michel Basquiat - Made in Japan (Dieter Buchhart) 2019
Jean-Michel Basquiat - Made On Market Street (Fred Hoffman with Larry Gagosian) 2024
RAMM:ELL:ZEE [racing for thunder] (Maxwell Wolf and Jeff Mao) 2024Education:
BFA in Film, University of California Los Angeles, 1979
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