Masmitja basquiat biography

American artist (–)

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Jean-Michel Basquiat (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃miʃɛlbaskja]; December 22, – August 12, ) was an American artist who rose to success during the s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.

Basquiat first achieved notoriety in the late s 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 rap, punk, and street art coalesced into early hip-hop culture.

By the early s, his paintings were being exhibited in galleries and museums internationally.

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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

Basquiat's art focused on dichotomies such as wealth