The Man Of The Gutter Basquiat

Basquiat embedded himself in this urban dystopia as one half of samo a mysterious entity that penned short provocative phrases around the streets of downtown manhattan.

The man of the gutter basquiat.

Basquiat s cryptic observation was not far off. Thirty years after his death jean michel basquiat defies easy categories. Jean michel basquiat died of a heroin overdose at age 27 in 1988 after having been a professional artist for only 7 years. His hastily applied scribbles asked questions about values exposing a society rife with contradictions marked by economic and racial tensions.

The enigma of the man behind the 110 million painting. Jean michel basquiat was an anomaly in the art world of the early 80s which is why some claim he became famous. At age 15 he ran away from home and lived in a cardboard box in a park in. Basquiat first achieved fame as part of samo an informal graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the lower east side of manhattan during the late 1970s where rap punk and street art coalesced into early hip hop.

While the two were not close they shared a circle of friends. They were both artists but basquiat was the one who ascended through his graffiti. Jeffrey wright is superb in this biopic as jean michel basquiat the artist who rose from homelessness to fame and fortune only to die of a drug overdose at age 27. Was he an artist an art star or just a celebrity.

December 22 1960 august 12 1988 was an american artist of haitian and puerto rican descent. Basquiat was a crackhead who chose to live on the street.