Jean Michel Basquiat

Jean Michel Basquiat was born on December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Downtown 81 (2000), Blondie: Rapture (1981) and Downtown 23 (2023). He died on August 12, 1988 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.




Bio:
Jean Michel Basquiat was born on December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Downtown 81 (2000), Blondie: Rapture (1981) and Downtown 23 (2023). He died on August 12, 1988 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.


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In 1977, he and his friend Al Diaz began spray painting subway walls with cryptic sayings, always signing them "SAMO" ("Same Old Shit"). He always said SAMO was an end to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy. His idea was to write anti-materialism in plain view of some of the worst materialists around. Painted on unconventional objects retrieved from the junkyard, he seemed to be attacking bourgeois society.Was of Haitian and Puerto... [Details Intro]