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This year marked 25 years since Jean-Michel Basquiat died of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. He was an Afro-Puerto Rican kid from Brooklyn who dropped out of school at 15 and ran away from home. Basquiat was one of the first to bring graffiti into the mainstream. The rise – and commodification – of modern street art would not have happened without him. For better or worse, he kicked the art world into paying attention.. Robert 3D Del Naja writes on The Guardian. theguardian/artanddesign/2013/oct/14/jean-michel-basquiat-street-art-massive-attack
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:32:22 +0000

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