Jean-Michel Basquiat was a relentless image-maker. Although his career lasted only eight years from 1980 until his untimely death in 1988, the figurative artist has developed thousands upon thousands of artworks -- with 1,000 pieces produced on paper alone by the Brooklyn-born graffitist. Incorporated in many of his works are poetic texts and phrases with some as abstract as the compositions they are painted on. These words, no matter how hard they are to read at times, offer small clues into th...
Jean-Michel Basquiat was a relentless image-maker. Although his career lasted only eight years from 1980 until his untimely death in 1988, the figurative artist has developed thousands upon thousands of artworks -- with 1,000 pieces produced on paper alone by the Brooklyn-born graffitist. Incorporated in many of his works are poetic texts and phrases with some as abstract as the compositions they are painted on. These words, no matter how hard they are to read at times, offer small clues into th...
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