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Jun 21, 2024 · Jean-Michel Basquiat was a Neo-Expressionist painter in the 1980s. He is best known for his primitive style and his collaboration with pop artist Andy Warhol.
Jun 13, 2024 · Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American painter known for his raw gestural style of painting with graffiti-like images and scrawled text. Basquiat was raised in a middle-class home in Brooklyn. His mother was an American of Puerto Rican descent.
Oct 13, 2023 · Jean-Michel Basquiat born of Puerto Rican and Haitian descent was a prominent public figure in the New York City’s explosive art scene of the 1980s. His iconic paintings and drawings examining the colonial enterprise and his relationship to this legacy.
Jun 18, 2024 · Jean-Michel Basquiat, born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, rose to prominence in the 1980s Neo-expressionism movement through his SAMO graffiti and solo exhibitions. His vibrant, symbolic art explored themes of race, class, and societal structures.
Oct 17, 2023 · Jean-Michel Basquiat: ‘Painter to the core’. From street art renegade to Warhol protégé and New York Times cover star, the life and career of a 20th-century icon. Illustrated with upcoming works for sale at Christie’s. Auction Highlights.
May 10, 2024 · Jean-Michel Basquiat gained celebrity due to both his striking art and his electrifying personality. He was fearless, creative and driven, quickly becoming a cultural icon embodying the New York City art scene of the 1980s and beyond.
Jun 20, 2024 · The crown, Basquiat’s signature artistic motif, both acknowledged and challenged the history of Western art. By adorning black male figures, including athletes, musicians and writers, with the crown, Basquiat raised these historically disenfranchised artists to royal even saintly stature.
Nov 8, 2023 · Jean-Michel Basquiat’s art isn’t just a collection of canvases; it’s a vibrant and immersive exploration of life’s complexities and mysteries. Each of these masterpieces is a portal into Basquiat’s mind, offering a rich tapestry of symbols, stories, and social commentary.
Jul 5, 2023 · He was the legendary American artist who captured the energy and chaos of 1980s New York in ways no one has before or since. His paintings are often a wild mix of image, text and graffiti,...
Mar 28, 2024 · Jean-Michel Basquiat. New York 1960 - New York 1988. Read aloud. Jean Michel Basquiat's mother was Puerto Rican and his father was of Haitian descent. In 1977, Basquiat began spraying graffiti on the walls of Manhattan, where, together with his friend Al Diaz, he placed the notorious SAMO tag.
