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Basquiat. (African-American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat)(Interview)
From:
Interview
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July 1, 1996| Author:
Sischy, Ingrid
| COPYRIGHT 1996 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Jean-Michel Basquiat's art is a portrayal of his own reconstitution of the world. A film that was inspired by Basquiat's tortured life as a black artist was completed by a fellow artist and a friend of the late artist, Julian Schnabel. Drug overdose killed Basquiat at age 27 in 1988.
When the brilliant and beautiful painter Jean-Michel Basquiat died of an overdose at age twenty-seven, the media, as usual, jumped on the story, sensationalizing the tragedy and eclipsing the greatness ...
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