Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Jean-Michel Basquiat was an influential American artist whose raw, neo-expressionist paintings and graffiti-inspired works made him a central figure in the 1980s New York art scene.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat canonical 33
Basquiat 8
Jean-Michel Basquiat oeuvre 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American artist
graffiti artist
human
neo-expressionist artist
painter
activeIn New York City art scene
activePeriod 1980s
late 1970s
artMarketRecord Untitled (1982) sold for over 100 million USD at auction
buriedAt Green-Wood Cemetery
surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
causeOfDeath heroin overdose
collaboratedWith Andy Warhol
Keith Haring
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
culturalImpact bridged street art and the fine art world
symbol of 1980s New York downtown culture
dateOfBirth 1960-12-22
dateOfDeath 1988-08-12
droppedOutOf high school
earlyActivity sold hand-painted postcards and T-shirts
education attended City-As-School High School
attended Edward R. Murrow High School
ethnicOrigin Haitian
Puerto Rican
familyName Jean-Michel Basquiat self-linksurface differs
surface form: Basquiat
fullName Jean-Michel Basquiat self-link
genre abstract painting
figurative painting
givenName Jean-Michel
hasHeritage Haitian
Puerto Ricans
surface form: Puerto Rican
influenced contemporary painters
contemporary street artists
influencedBy African art
Andy Warhol
Jean Dubuffet
Pablo Picasso
knownFor SAMO graffiti in Lower Manhattan
languageSpoken English
French
Spanish
legacy considered one of the most important artists of the late 20th century
icon of Black contemporary art
livedIn Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
mannerOfDeath drug-related death
movement Neo-Expressionism
surface form: Neo-expressionism

Street art
notableExhibition 1981 New York/New Wave exhibition at P.S.1
1982 solo exhibition at Annina Nosei Gallery
1982 solo exhibition at Galerie Bruno Bischofberger
notableFor collaborations with Andy Warhol
depictions of Black historical figures
graffiti-inspired paintings
use of text and symbols in art
notableWork Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump
Dustheads
Flexible
Hollywood Africans
Irony of Negro Policeman
Untitled (1982)
occupation draftsman
graffiti artist
painter
parent Gérard Basquiat
Matilde Andrades
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
representedBy Annina Nosei Gallery
Galerie Bruno Bischofberger
residenceDuringCareer SoHo
surface form: SoHo, Manhattan, New York City
styleCharacteristic integration of text and imagery
raw gestural brushwork
reference to jazz and hip-hop culture
use of crowns motif
subjectMatter Black heroes and athletes
police and authority
power structures
race and identity
usedPseudonym SAMO

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The Phillips Collection hasWorkBy Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Jean-Michel Basquiat familyName Jean-Michel Basquiat self-linksurface differs
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The Broad Museum notableArtistInCollection Jean-Michel Basquiat
subject surface form: The Broad
Julian Schnabel notableWork Jean-Michel Basquiat
this entity surface form: Basquiat
Julian Schnabel directed Jean-Michel Basquiat
this entity surface form: Basquiat
Julian Schnabel hasWorkSubject Jean-Michel Basquiat
Keith Haring collaboratedWith Jean-Michel Basquiat
The Broad notableArtistInCollection Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jeffrey Wright notableWork Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Jeffrey Wright portrayed Jean-Michel Basquiat
Claire Forlani notableWork Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Claire Forlani participatedIn Jean-Michel Basquiat
this entity surface form: Basquiat
Moco Museum exhibitsWorkBy Jean-Michel Basquiat
Gérard Basquiat familyName Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Gérard Basquiat child Jean-Michel Basquiat
Gérard Basquiat parentOf Jean-Michel Basquiat
Matilde Andrades child Jean-Michel Basquiat
Matilde Andrades notableRelative Jean-Michel Basquiat
SAMO usedBy Jean-Michel Basquiat
SAMO hasCreator Jean-Michel Basquiat
SAMO relatedTo Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (1982) creator Jean-Michel Basquiat
Hollywood Africans creator Jean-Michel Basquiat
Hollywood Africans depicts Jean-Michel Basquiat
Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump creator Jean-Michel Basquiat
Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Irony of Negro Policeman creator Jean-Michel Basquiat
Dustheads creator Jean-Michel Basquiat
Dustheads partOf Jean-Michel Basquiat
this entity surface form: Jean-Michel Basquiat oeuvre
Dustheads notableWorkOf Jean-Michel Basquiat
Annina Nosei Gallery representedArtist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (1982) sold for over 100 million USD at auction creator Jean-Michel Basquiat
subject surface form: Untitled (1982)
Untitled (1982) sold for over 100 million USD at auction notableWorkOf Jean-Michel Basquiat
subject surface form: Untitled (1982)
attended City-As-School High School familyName Jean-Michel Basquiat
subject surface form: Jean-Michel Basquiat
this entity surface form: Basquiat
National Museum of Western Art hasWorkBy Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel associatedWithPerson Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel hasNotableBearer Jean-Michel Basquiat
Fab 5 Freddy collaboratedWith Jean-Michel Basquiat
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States hasNotableBurials Jean-Michel Basquiat
subject surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery