Basquiat, Jean-Michel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...and fall were rapid, dramatic, and emblematic of the era. A rebel, high-school dropout, and part of the downtown New York scene, he was influenced by the violence of street life, the variety of African-American life, multiculturalism...