Basquiat alludes to human necessities and resources throughout the collage. The most notable is petroleum. Adorned with the copyright symbol, Basquiat highlights the idea of ownership and entitlement that gets assigned to natural materials. Water and salt can also be seen scrawled through the images. It’s interesting to note that “hot water” and salt are included in smaller detail than water and petroleum. The idea of luxury over necessity can be attributed to how they’re sized, although the words’ repetition can show how they’ve all become integral to human life.
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