Jean-Michel Basquiat
Also known as Jean Michel Basquiat, SAMO, Basquiat, Samo
American artist (1960-1988)
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Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who lived from 1960 to 1988 and became an influential figure in the contemporary art world during the 1980s. His work is significant because it helped bridge street art and fine art, combining graffiti-inspired imagery with painterly techniques and earning him recognition as one of the most important artists of his generation.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 August 12, 1988) was an American artist and is cited by Graham Thompson as the first painter of African descent to become an international art star.[1] He started as a graffiti artist in New York City, and in the 1980s produced Neo-expressionist painting. Basquiat died of a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jean-Michel+Basquiat">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Jean-Michel Basquiat (/ˌbɑːskiˈɑː(t)/ BAH-skee-AH(T), French: [ʒɑ̃ miʃɛl baskja]; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
Basquiat first achieved notoriety in the late 1970s as part of the graffiti duo SAMO, alongside Al Diaz, writing enigmatic epigrams all over Manhattan, particularly in the cultural hotbed of the Lower East Side where disco, punk, and street art coalesced into early hip-hop culture. By the early 1980s, his paintings were being exhibited in galleries and museums internationally. At 21, Basquiat became the youngest artist to ever take part in Documenta in Kassel, Germany. At 22, he became one of the youngest to exhibit at the Whitney Biennial in New York. The Whitney Museum of American Art held a retrospective of his artwork in 1992.
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