Chapter 3

Art and Michael Jackson


Got To Be There, Ben, Music & Me, Forever, Michael, Off the Wall, One Day In Your Life, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1, Blood on the Dance Floor: HIstory in the Mix , Invincible, Number Ones, The Ultimate Collection, The Essential ...... do I have to list more of Michael Jackson's music? His art work was huge and of top quality. He left material for generations ahead. Moreover, he was creating music all his life because art had made him feel alive.
Does a six years old youngster realize what he is doing? Michael shared that God had given him a talent that just gushed out. Singing and dancing were his strengths – he created art with ease throughout life.
I'm not sure if it's really necessary to stress on everything created by Michael: all the music, songs, dances, texts, movies, clips, unique tours, and shows. After all, art stood for his whole life. Michael wished that people took interest in this part of his life. On the other hand, so many books examine his professional path and if you want the details, I recommend you to read them. Although they are important, I won't focus on concrete facts.
Art and Michael! I sense some sort of unity between them: they are one entity. Art is a recreation of reality into artistic images. It is the ability to present certain information to the reader, using some form of aesthetic perception of the world. Michael showed his world to us though music. In his art, Michael recreated his feelings, thoughts, aspirations, desires, and view of life.
What is it like if you happen to be the most sold performer of all times: more than 800 million sold copies? The 1982 Album „Thriller” was sold in more than 118 million copies and received eight Grammy awards. No other album has reached such an impossible number of sold copies. The 50 concerts (which didn't take place on Wembley) have sold the record 750.000 tickets in less than four hours.
Michael was innovative in everything he did. The music created by him was unique and different from anything that came out before. His dances: he invented the moon step and so many other movements and dances. His dressing style – the white glove, black shoes, white pair of socks, black hat, black sunglasses, the facial mask he was wearing while going out... who dresses like that – no one! His clips or short movies – as he liked to call them – were remarkable presentations of his songs – the story line and the history told in them were something new for the music industry. His tours are grand shows which cannot be replicated by any other performer. Neverland – the land of dreams – is taken out from a children's book. His life – his whole life was art.
Michael said that he was unable control himself onstage – as if a spirit had power over him. In this way, Michael's art gushed out and touched people. If pop music is to be defined in a dictionary, we should see the term Thriller. The best album of all times was created by the Music God Michael Jackson.
Art has taken over the whole life of Michael Jackson. He was a passionate collector and connoisseur of world art. His home features multiple works of art: paintings, statues, ornaments, figurines, and all kinds of antique objects. The huge area of Neverland, sufficient to gather it all, was filled with beautiful and unique children's statues. When he visited new countries and cities, his favorite spots were the places where he could purchase works of art. Bashir`s movie depicts Michael buying art – we are left with a view of him wanting to possess all beautiful things that he sees. People need beauty, and beauty is art in itself.
Michael was a wonderful painter himself. Here is another talent that he had. Many of his pictures are distributed and visible over the internet. My guess is that they are already of interest to the collectors of this type of art.
“Life is short – art is immortal” - Hippocrates articulated a definite truth. The art left by Michael will follow the future generations the same way that we keep masterpieces, belonging to past generations.