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.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American neo-expressionist artist and cultural figure whose life and work are captured in numerous documentary films and archival projects.
He is primarily known for his influential 1980s art and appearances in projects such as Downtown '81 and The Ballad of Sexual Dependency.
His screen legacy includes prominent documentaries like The Radiant Child and Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Discover his filmography on Mood.
