Painter Jean-Michel Basquiat was the Jimi Hendrix of the art world--in less than a decade he went from being a teenage graffiti writer to an international art star. The first biography of this prolific and charismatic figure charts Basquiat's trajectory from his troubled childhood to his volatile passage through the white art world of dealers and nouveau riche collectors. photos.
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Painter Jean-Michel Basquiat was the Jimi Hendrix of the art world--in less than a decade he went from being a teenage graffiti writer to an international art star. The first biography of this prolific and charismatic figure charts Basquiat's trajectory from his troubled childhood to his volatile passage through the white art world of dealers and nouveau riche collectors. photos.
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