Jean-Michel Basquiat Biography:
Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in 1960, a New York native of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. He began making drawings inspired by television cartoons at an early age, but never received formal art training. He is most often associated with the Graffiti movement in the 1970's, embellishing city walls with graffiti, poetry and street tags. These works eventually led him to exhibit with Annina Nosei Gallery and at such venerated venues as the Documenta 7 and the 1983 Whitney Biennial, which featured countless well-known art, prints and posters.
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