Part 9 A HISTORY OF AMERICAN POP ART — Jean-Michel Basquiat Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 22, 1960. With a Haitian-American father and a Puerto Rican mother, Basquiats diverse cultural heritage was one of his many sources of inspiration. A self-taught artist, Basquiat began drawing at an early age on sheets of paper his father, an accountant, brought home from the office. Basquiat first attracted attention for his graffiti in New York City in the late 1970s, under the name SAMO. Working with a close friend, he tagged subway trains and Manhattan buildings with cryptic aphorisms. In the mid 1980s, Basquiat collaborated with Andy Warhol, which resulted in a show of their work that featured a series of corporate logos and cartoon characters. Basquiat died of a drug overdose on August 12, 1988, in New York City. He was 27 years old.
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