I had to do a post on probably the artist who first inspired me to even pick up a pencil and draw. Jean-Micheal Basquiat was born December 22 1960 and died august 12 1988, was by all accounts the first artist of African descent to become an international art star. life started out as a graffiti writer in New York, and then came the 1980's where he began to produce Neo-expressionist paintings.
for the short life he had, Basquiat achieved a great deal more than many artist before and after him. in the short years leading up to his overdose he was appearing regularly Annina Nosei gallery in Soho. that same year of 1982 he met Andy Warhol, with whom he collaborated with two years later. by the mid 1880's he had left the Annina Nosei gallery and was showing his work in the famous Mary Boone gallery in Soho. Even though he was very successful at this time the increasing drug use began to interfere with his aspirations.
for someone so talented to have blown up like that, only to die in a way never fitting of such a talented being, its a real shame.
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