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popup_text1="&popup_text1=Basquiat painting Gold Griot "<!--&-->
popup_text2="&popup_text2=Basquiat in his studio "<!--&-->
popup_text3="&popup_text3=Basquiat walking in front of Guggenheim "<!--&-->
popup_text4="&popup_text4=Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York "<!--&-->
popup_text5="&popup_text5=Brooklyn Museum, 1960s "<!--&-->
popup_text6="&popup_text6=Family visiting Brooklyn Museum, 1960s "<!--&-->
popup_text7="&popup_text7=Illustration from Gray's Anatomy "<!--&-->
popup_text8="&popup_text8=SAMO IS DEAD graffitti "<!--&-->
popup_text9="&popup_text9=Basquiat playing clarinet in front of skyscraper "<!--&-->
popup_text10="&popup_text10=Walking with canvas "<!--&-->
popup_text11="&popup_text11=The band Gray: Vincent Gallo, Justin Thyme, Nick Taylor, Michael Holman, and (on floor) Basquiat, 1980 "<!--&-->
popup_text12="&popup_text12=Per Capita "<!--&-->
popup_text13="&popup_text13=Jean-Michel Basquiat and Glenn O'Brien on the set of TV Party "<!--&-->
popup_text14="&popup_text14=The Nile "<!--&-->
popup_text15="&popup_text15=Basquiat drawing on a Man Ray book "<!--&-->
popup_text16="&popup_text16=Martin Burgoyne, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Madonna. "<!--&-->
popup_text17="&popup_text17=Jean-Michel Basquiat painting Gold Griot "<!--&-->
popup_text18="&popup_text18=Basquiat in his studio, 1985 "<!--&-->
popup_text19="&popup_text19=Horn Players "<!--&-->
popup_text20="&popup_text20=Now's the Time "<!--&-->
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popup_text22="&popup_text22=Jean-Michel Basquiat with Keith Haring, Julian Schnabel Opening Reception, Whitney Museum of American Art "<!--&-->

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text_item1="&text_item1=Jean-"<!--&-->
text_item2="&text_item2=Michel "<!--&-->
text_item3="&text_item3=Basquiat "<!--&-->
text_item4="&text_item4=became active as an artist while still a teenager and was world-famous by the age of twenty-three. "<!--&-->
text_item5="&text_item5=He was considered an exceptional creative talent by any standard, and at a young age gained great fame and became a cultural hero to younger artists. "<!--&-->
text_item6="&text_item6=WHO<br />WAS<br />BASQUIAT? "<!--&-->
text_item7="&text_item7=WHO<br />WAS<br />BASQUIAT? "<!--&-->
text_item8="&text_item8=Tragically, his career spanned only eight years. He died of a drug overdose at age "<!--&-->
text_item9="&text_item9=twenty-"<!--&-->
text_item10="&text_item10=seven. "<!--&-->
text_item11="&text_item11=The answers are in his life and work. Explore this biographical timeline for some clues. Examine his work in Explore the Paintings. What insights can you gain into who he was? "<!--&-->
text_item12="&text_item12= <br /><br /><strong>1960</strong><br /> "<!--&-->
text_item13="&text_item13=Jean-Michel Basquiat is born in "<!--&-->
text_item14="&text_item14=BROOKLYN, "<!--&-->
text_item15="&text_item15=New York. "<!--&-->
text_item16="&text_item16=His father is an accountant from Haiti. His mother is of Puerto-Rican descent. "<!--&-->
text_item17="&text_item17= <br /><br /><strong>1965</strong><br /> "<!--&-->
text_item18="&text_item18=Jean-"<!--&-->
text_item19="&text_item19=Michel "<!--&-->
text_item20="&text_item20=begins "<!--&-->
text_item21="&text_item21=DRAWING "<!--&-->
text_item22="&text_item22=cartoons, "<!--&-->
text_item23="&text_item23=the start of a life of compulsive picture-making. "<!--&-->
text_item24="&text_item24=He often visits the Brooklyn Museum and other art museums. "<!--&-->
text_item25="&text_item25= <br /><br /><strong>1968</strong><br /> "<!--&-->
text_item26="&text_item26=A"<!--&-->
text_item27="&text_item27= car ACCIDENT"<!--&-->
text_item28="&text_item28= puts Jean-Michel in the hospital with a broken arm and internal injuries. "<!--&-->
text_item29="&text_item29=His mother gives him a copy of <em>Gray's Anatomy</em> to help pass the time. "<!--&-->
text_item30="&text_item30=The book's medical diagrams make a lasting impression on his art. "<!--&-->
text_item31="&text_item31= <br /><br /><strong>1977</strong><br /> "<!--&-->
text_item32="&text_item32=With his friend Al Diaz, Jean-Michel invents the "<!--&-->
text_item33="&text_item33=SAMO "<!--&-->
text_item34="&text_item34=graffiti character "<!--&-->
text_item35="&text_item35=which stands for Same Old Shit. "<!--&-->
text_item36="&text_item36=SAMO|copy as an end to mindwash religion, nowhere politics, and bogus philosophy. "<!--&-->
text_item37="&text_item37=SAMO|copy "<!--&-->
text_item38="&text_item38=saves "<!--&-->
text_item39="&text_item39=idiots "<!--&-->
text_item40="&text_item40=PLUSH "<!--&-->
text_item41="&text_item41=SAFE "<!--&-->
text_item42="&text_item42=he think "<!--&-->
text_item43="&text_item43=SAMO|copy "<!--&-->
text_item44="&text_item44= <br /><br /><strong>1979</strong><br /> "<!--&-->
text_item45="&text_item45=After leaving home, Jean-Michel "<!--&-->
text_item46="&text_item46=explores "<!--&-->
text_item47="&text_item47=MUSIC "<!--&-->
text_item48="&text_item48=| ART "<!--&-->
text_item49="&text_item49=He begins selling hand-painted postcards and T-shirts, and forms the band Gray with friends. "<!--&-->
text_item50="&text_item50=<br /><br /><strong>1980-1981</strong><br /> "<!--&-->
text_item51="&text_item51=Combining elements from the African Diaspora with his own symbology, Jean-Michel develops his "<!--&-->
text_item52="&text_item52=UNIQUE "<!--&-->
text_item53="&text_item53=artistic "<!--&-->
text_item54="&text_item54=STYLE. "<!--&-->
text_item55="&text_item55=He has his first show, a group exhibition with other young artists, and is soon discovered by New York art critics. "<!--&-->
text_item56="&text_item56= <br /><br /><strong>1982-"<!--&-->
text_item57="&text_item57=1983</strong><br /> "<!--&-->
text_item58="&text_item58=Now FAMOUS "<!--&-->
text_item59="&text_item59=in the art world, Jean-Michel has exhibitions in New York, California, Europe, and Japan. "<!--&-->
text_item60="&text_item60=He continues his avid and spontaneous picture-making, painting on canvas, paper, and found objects like refrigerators, books, and other things. "<!--&-->
text_item61="&text_item61= <br /><br /><strong>1983-"<!--&-->
text_item62="&text_item62=1984</strong><br /> "<!--&-->
text_item63="&text_item63=Jean-Michel becomes friends with"<!--&-->
text_item64="&text_item64= Andy"<!--&-->
text_item65="&text_item65=Warhol. "<!--&-->
text_item66="&text_item66=They collaborate on several projects but none are well-received by art critics. "<!--&-->
text_item67="&text_item67= <br /><br /><strong>1985-"<!--&-->
text_item68="&text_item68= 1987</strong><br /> "<!--&-->
text_item69="&text_item69= Jean-"<!--&-->
text_item70="&text_item70=Michel "<!--&-->
text_item71="&text_item71=TRAVELS "<!--&-->
text_item72="&text_item72=to Africa several times and has an exhibition in Cote D'Ivoire. "<!--&-->
text_item73="&text_item73=He also shows his work in Germany, often becoming the youngest artist to exhibit at major galleries. "<!--&-->
text_item74="&text_item74= <br /><br /><strong>1987-"<!--&-->
text_item75="&text_item75=1988</strong><br /> "<!--&-->
text_item76="&text_item76=Jean-Michel is distraught by Andy Warhol's death. He spends more time at his ranch in Maui while continuing to paint and exhibit in New York. "<!--&-->
text_item77="&text_item77=Returning from Maui in July 1988, dies a month later. "<!--&-->
text_item78="&text_item78=He is "<!--&-->
text_item79="&text_item79=BURIED "<!--&-->
text_item80="&text_item80=in Brooklyn. "<!--&-->
text_item81="&text_item81=JUMP"<!--&-->
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text_item89="&text_item89=Now Playing:"<!--&-->
text_item90="&text_item90=<em>Palabras Con Ritmo</em><br />Jean-Michel Basquiat and Coati Mundi"<!--&-->
text_item91="&text_item91=<em>Drum Conversation</em><br /\>The Max Roach Quartet"<!--&-->
text_item92="&text_item92=<em>Bongo Bop</em><br />Charlie Parker"<!--&-->
text_item93="&text_item93=<em>Ornithology</em><br />Charlie Parker and Miles Davis"<!--&-->
text_item94="&text_item94=<em>Now's the Time</em><br />Charlie Parker"<!--&-->
text_item95="&text_item95=He sets up a studio on a rented ranch in Maui and often travels there. "<!--&-->