Focusing on the Analysis of this artwork, analyze the Motor Area about the The Symbolism of Words.
Motor Area Basquiat's trademark crown is not present in this picture. Instead the viewer sees the words “Motor Area” on the figure's forehead.
“Motor Area” alludes to the function of the motor cortex described in the book Gray's Anatomy that the artist received from his mother during his hospitalization after being hit by a car at age 7.
In this book Henry Gray defines the motor area as the part of the brain coordinating the execution of voluntary motor movement.
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