Basquiat
I’ll introduce a graffiti artist “Jean-Michel-Basquiat”. Recently I started to draw sketches. I went to Basquiat exhibition and saw his paintings. And I decided to paint. Basquiat was born in Brooklyn on December 22, 1960. He drew many pictures, when he was a child, and his mother encouraged Basquiat in his artistic activities. Then he became a high school student. He started to paint on the walls of the slum and in subways with splay paint. And he met a famous graffiti artist, Keith Haring. Keith Haring took notice of him. And Basquiat held his exhibition to help Keith Haring in New York City. Later Basquiat had the attentions of many people. He acted with Andy Warhol, but they had drug dependency. Warhol died from overdose in 1987. His death had a strong effect on Basquiat. He used drugs more and more after Warhol’s death. And in the next year, in 1988, Basquiat was gone. When he died, he w...