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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Los Angeles, CA

March 9, 2012 by · Comments Off on Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Los Angeles, CA 

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Los Angeles, CA, Centered on a rare interview that director/friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat twenty years ago. In 1981 he puts paint on canvas for the first time, by 1983 he is an artist with “rock star status,” achieving critical and commercial success.

In 1985 he and Andy Warhol become close friends and painting collaborators, but Warhol dies suddenly in 1987. Basquiat’s dies of a heroin overdose in 1988 at the age of 27

Centered on a rare interview that director/friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat twenty years ago. In 1981 he puts paint on canvas for the first time, by 1983 he is an artist with “rock star status,” achieving critical and commercial success.

In 1985 he and Andy Warhol become close friends and painting collaborators, but Warhol dies suddenly in 1987. Basquiat’s dies of a heroin overdose in 1988 at the age of 27. Today his canvases sell for more than $1,000,000.

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