American graffiti. (the dubious artistry of the late abstract painter Jean-Michel Basquiat; Whitney Museum of Art retrospective, New York, New York)

From: National Review | Date: December 14, 1992| Author: | Copyright information

Basquiat died in 1988 from an overdose of heroin at the age of 27. His popularity had passed long before his demise. In death, his work has become fashionable and trendy due to socially defiant message. The mediocrity, however, is prevalent in most of his composition.

Jean-Michel BASQUIAT spent most of his career as a hasbeen--a remarkable achievement if you consider that he was only 27 when he OD'd on heroin. In the decade prior to that, however, he had moved from the periphery of the art world to 'its very center before slipping, by swift degrees, into marginalized irrelevance. For ...

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