Overview
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Known For
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel...
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
This film tells Jean-Michel's story through exclusive interviews with his...
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
The film documents the development of hip hop culture since...
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Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject...
Biography
Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist. His career in art began as a graffiti artist in New York City in the late 1970s, and in the 1980s produced Neo-expressionist painting. Basquiat died of a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988, at the age of 27. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Michel Basquiat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.