Jean-Michel Basquiat's painting Charles the First is filled with ...

[joe]

Jean-Michel Basquiat's painting Charles the First is filled with personal, ambiguous imagery that the artist summed up as royalty, heroism, and the streets.
 
  Cite some motifs that illustrate each of these concepts, in positive or negative ways, in the painting.
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Explain the concept of Dreaming in Australian Aboriginal culture, as in Old Mick Tjakamarra's Honey Ant Dreaming.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Royalty: Basquiat uses the crown as a symbol of his personal success and of the success of African American heroes such as jazz musicians and athletes. Also, the title Charles the First refers to King Charles I, who was beheaded by the Protestants, and the panels are inscribed with the phrase Most kings get thier (sic) head cut off.
2. Heroism: He refers to heroism by repeating the letter S, referring to the comic-book superhero Superman. The S, sometimes lined or crossed out, can also refer to dollar signs and the price of success.
3. He paints the letters X-MN to refer to the X-Men comic-book heroes who protect the world that hates them, drawing an analogy with his African American heroes.
4. The streets: The X also refers to a Hobo sign, marks hobos leave, such as graffiti, to inform other hobos about places. The X Hobo sign means OK, alright. The X can also stand for negation.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The Dreaming is the presence, or the mark, of an Ancestral Being in the World. Tjakamarra's Honey Ant Dreaming represents a landscape according to the idea that the Ancestral Being can be revealed in the landscape.