Gene Michel Basquiat was a great artist born in New York City on Brooklyn on December 22, 1960. Father Gerard Jean Baptist (Haitian) was the former minister of the former Haitian family. His mother Matilde is from Puerto Rico. Jean was a very intelligent child since childhood, and tended to be strong in languages and literature. In addition, thanks to his "multinational" parents, he was fluent in English, Spanish and French, reading history, medical texts, poems, myths and so on.
Since his childhood, Jean was interested in art. Michelle's mother noticed this. Knowing his concern and sharpness, she encouraged children to paint and draw. At the age of 17, Michel began spray painting graffiti with Manhattan and the subway with his friend Al Diaz in 1977. Jean-Michel and his friend sign on "SAMO". In December 1978, New York State Village Voice posted articles on the SAMO message in the weekly newspaper in New York. Building of Soho.
In 1978 before graduation, Jean left home to quit school. He started living with his friends and drew T - shirts and postcards on the streets of the city for his livelihood. In 1979, he was quite famous as Glenn au is regular at Brian's show, TV party. In June 1980, David Hammons, Mimi Gross, Mike Glier, Robin Winters, Jane Dickson, Lee Quinones, Kenny Scharf, Kikisumis, Jenny Holzer. After this exhibition, Jean started art in Europe and New York City. He worked with great painters such as Barbara Kruger and Keith Haring. In the 1980s Jean-Michel Basquiat was an era when it became popular as a new expressionist.
Jean-Michel Basquias also played in the movies besides having made a band with musicians and actor Vincent Gallo in the late 1970s. His band was named Gray who was playing in the club. In 1981, the first major article titled "The Radiant Child" was published in Jean's Artforum magazine. Artist and poet Rene Richards wrote this article. This made Jean's career a big leap forward to the international level. Basquiat 's canvas adorned' death rate 'as a theme reflected in skeleton and face.
Jean-Michel Basquiat continued to publish works of Francesco Clemente, David Salle, Enzo Cucchi and others. In the autumn of 1982, he began to encounter a promising performer, Madonna. In nearly the same year, he was friendly to the artists of Andy Warhol and David Bowes. He traveled in Africa and an exhibition of his work was held at the Ivory Coast. After that, a large-scale exhibition was held to display more than 60 paintings and paintings in Kestner-Gesellschaft. At that time, he was the youngest artist there in order to display his work. In 1988, Jean held an exhibition both in New York and in Paris. The art exhibition in New York received high praise.
Jean began drinking medicine by 1984 and heroin 's addiction developed. Because of substance abuse, he suffered from paranoia and unstable behavior. Gene and Basqui's paintings graduated from multi-panel level, stretcher bar display, collage and free ride. In 1987, Andy Warhol died in Jean Michel Basquiat, and drug addiction symptoms increased. He tried hard to get rid of his heroine custom. He departed for Hawaii and claimed that he recovered from drug poisoning and returned. But on August 12, 1988, Jean died of drug overdose at the age of 27. However, Jean continues to influence modern artists such as Mark Gonzales, Kelly D. Williams, Chinghalle, Raymond Morris through his paintings.
