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What little I know about Basquiat is that he started out homeless, and would be around Greenwich Village, and paint his way to success. He died of AIDS, and his paintings is worth a lot of money. I believe that he was personal friends with Madonna back in the day.

angel345 said:

I don't know anything about him
but I'm curious

thekidsgirl said:

You should watch the movie about him .

Serious said:

what's it called?

thekidsgirl said:

It's called Basquiat . David Bowie plays Andy Warhol.

Serious said:

ooh! I'll look for it

Mara said:

John Michel Gasquiat

Me loves Basquiat.

thekidsgirl said:

It's a really good movie IMO.

johnart said:

Oh....My....God!

This is a cool pic

johnart said:

thekidsgirl said:

This artist friend of mine and I do collaborations and we thought it might be fun to recreate the poster where Basquiat and Warhol have the boxing gloves on.That's where that mess started.

he didn't die of AIDS, he died of an overdose/asphyxiation i believe
at least that's how the story's told.


I urge EVERYONE to see this movie:


so so so so good/fucked/amazing.



i really wish he did live long enough to take over that tequila factory like he supposedly wanted to

Mara said:

i like that GE piece!

thekidsgirl said:

it was a movie by Julien Schnabel, a close friend to both Warhol and Basquiat
i suggest the diving bell and the butterfly as the next of his movies to watch afterwards

sammij said:

OOH! I have this on my Netflix instant queue on my tv. I can't wait to watch it.

Mach said:

i've been wanting to re-do that photo for a long time

johnart said:

make sure you're in an "open" mood if you know what i mean
there's no real plot - i've been told it's to be watched as a day in the life of a new york artist - but some of the happenings are so NOT realistic

this interviewer is B R U T A L
and basquiat knows this

bless him


"any haitian primitives on your wall?"
"what you mean, like, people?"
"no! paintings!"


WTF

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sammij said:

I thought he died of AIDS, but I stand corrected. BTW, doesn't his picture as a little boy remind you of MJ's.

What a beautiful child.

angel345 said:

He was a heroin addict and I thought he died of an overdose. Regardless, he was a genius taken too soon and Warhol used him for his talent. Jeffrey Wright played the hell outta that part. He really became Basquiat.

SCNDLS said:

that's the general opinion yeah
but i think he knew all about those rumours of exploitation
i'm sure he used Warhol to his own benefit too to some degree..
the art world is never fair

sammij said:

Oh no doubt. Basquiat wouldn't have had access to the wealthy patrons and art world connections if it weren't for Warhol. But Warhol was a notorious user of other people's talents. Steve Kaufman, an artist whom I'm collecting, was Warhol's assistant at the time of his death and was doing most of the work on Warhol's pieces before he died and finished all of his commissioned works at the time of his death. Steve had a stroke a few weeks ago coincidentally.