Basquiat is my favorite artist. He was a young, homeless, reckless artist in the New York City 80s. His work expresses his tensions with his personal identity as reflected through his understanding of NYC. It is somewhere between fine art and graffiti. Even more interesting than his art is his life story. He dated Madonna, struck up a close friendship with Andy Warhol, and became swept up in the chaos of being The New Cool Thing in the city's art scene. His life and art truly encompasses a specific era of New York City, and fits into the history of modern art.
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