BASQUIAT
BASQUIAT
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) was a Puerto Rican/Haitian American artist who was a leader of the Neo-expressionism movement in the 1980s. His work is known for its raw, gestural style, graffiti-like images, and scrawled text. His paintings often referenced his Haitian and Puerto Rican heritage, political issues, pop-culture icons, and Biblical verse.