Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960–August 12, 1988) was an American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. thumb|Jean-Michel Basquiat (1984) Quotes I don’t think about art while I work…I try to think about life. On his artistic process in “Jean-Michel Basquiat on How to Be an Artist” in Artsy (2019 Jun 6) Like an ape? A primate?...You said it, you said it. On being asked whether his artwork was a form of primal expressionism in “How Jean-Michel Basquiat predicted our identity-obsessed digital age” in GQ (2017 Sep 20) I’m just an autodidact who would like to be part of the family of artists. On eschewing typical forms of artistic training and learning directly from artists in “Debunking Basquiat’s Myths: Curator Eleanor Nairne on What We Get Wrong About the Misunderstood Artist” in artnetnews (2017 Sep 18) …I don't think it's good to be honest in interviews, I think it's better to lie. On his regrets of revealing too much about his adolescence in “INTERVIEW Jean Michel Basquiat with Becky Johnston and Tamra Davis” (1986) External links Jean-Michel Basquiat Category:African Americans Category:Hispanic Americans Category:People from Puerto Rico Category:Painters from the United States Category:Businesspeople from the United States Category:Music producers from the United States Category:Musicians from the United States Category:1960 births Category:1988 deaths Category:People from New York City