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'''Jean-Michel Basquiat''' (1960–1988) created the valuable paintings in [[America]]n history, with two of his untitled works selling for $110.5 million and $26.4 million. He was entirely self-taught and became internationally prominent while in his mid-20s.
Basquiat single-handedly toppled [[elitism]] in the art world, rejuvenating it as a result and bringing it to a new generation of admirers. He first participated in the art gallery circuit as a critic, not as a wannabe. His graffiti was done with others under the name "SAMO©", and it was critical of elitism in the art world:
:SAMO©...4 THE SO-CALLED [[Avant-garde|AVANT-GARDE]]
:SAMO as an alternative 2 playing art with the ‘radical chic' sect on Daddy's$funds
Formerly homeless in [[New York City]], Basquiat was a [[graffiti]] artist who developed into an accomplished canvas painter as part of the emerging "Neo-Expressionism" school of art, which is seen by some as an extension of the Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s. Basquiat voluntarily abandoned his graffiti work as he burst, first as a critic, onto the scene of the art world.
Basquiat's style consisted of a disarming simplicity, creating a unique style benefiting from the best of urban graffiti and his occasional mentor [[Andy Warhol]]'s pop art. Basquiat was comfortable communicating political messages in his work, sometimes against institutions and [[colonialism]].
Basquiat is credited with bringing art back to human elements after modern art had largely abandoned it with the popularity of Conceptualism and Minimalism in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>http://www.theartstory.org/artist-basquiat-jean-michel.htm</ref>
His life was tragically cut short by a heroin addiction.
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[[Category:American Painters]]