Riding with death : the final years -- Samo as a neo art form : Childhood and youth -- Famous negro athletes #47 : the way to stardom -- Kings, heroes and the street : Basquiat's themes -- Profit I : in the art business -- Dos Cabezas : Basquiat and Warhol -- Riding with death : the final years -- Chronology.
Summary:
Presents the life and career of the artist, including his childhood in Brooklyn, years as a graffiti artist, rise to stardom as a painter, collaborations with Andy Warhol, and death from a drug overdose at twenty-seven.
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