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22,dezember born at brooklyn hospital, new york father: gerard basquiat born in haiti, mother: (matilde andradas) born in brooklyn of puerto rican parents |
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1964 | |
at an early age Basquiat starts drawing, inspired by televisioncartoons his mother encourages his interest in art and emphasizes the importance of education "i´d say my mother gave me all the primary things. the art came from her"(Basquiat) |
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1967 |
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with a friend mark prozzo, he creates a childrens book, written by basquiat, and illustrated by prozzo | |
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1968 | |
Basquiat continues to make cartoonlike drawings inspired by alfred hitchcock films, automobiles, comic books and the alfred e. newman
character from mad while playing ball in the street basquiat is hit by a car, and has to stay in hospital for one month he receives a book of Graye`s Anatomy from his mom influence is found in basquiats later work with anatomical drawings and inthe name of the band he co-founded in 1979, Gray gerard and matilde Basquiat seperate, Jean Michel lives with his father and two sisters (born in 1963, 1966) in brooklyn |
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1974 |
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due to a job-promotion and relocation, gerard basquiat moves with his three children to mira mar, puerto rico, near san juan, where basquiat attends an episcopalian school |
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1975 | |
Basquiat runs away from home, staying for a few hours at a local radio station till the employees call his father | |
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1976 | |
Basquiat transfers to the city-as school, a progressive school in manhattan, where he meets Al Diaz, a graffitist from the jacob riis projekt on the lower east side they become close friends and artistic collaborators in dezember he runs away again, hanging out in washington square park for about two weeks, till his father finds him and brings him home " left home at 15 and went to washington square park. i just sat there dropping acid.... now that all seems boring; it eats your mind up"(Basqiat) |
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1977 | |
through the city-as school,
Basquiat becomes involved with an upper west side drama group called
family life theatre during this time he creates a fictional character named SAMO (same old shit), who makes a living selling a fake religion Basquiat and diaz, among the most popular students at city-as-school, both very creative and with a knack for getting into a lot of trouble, begin collaborating on the SAMO projekts they begin spray painting on the d-train of the ind - line and around lower manhattan the writings consist of witty philosophical poems: "SAMO as an end to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy" "SAMO save idiots, "plush save he think;SAMO" |
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1978  |
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basquiat leaves home for
good gerard basquiat with some trepidation, gives his son
money with the understanding that he will try his best to succees
Baspuiat´s fascination
with stardom and "burning out" is a recurring subject in his
live his admiration for musicians, singers, and boxers
like joplin, hendrix, charlie parker, billie holiday, sugar ray robinson
and joe louis is shown later in various paintings Basquiat stays at the homes of various friends, frequently at the canal street loft of british artist stan peskett Basquiat begins to sell hand-painted postcards and t-shirts to make a little money. he approaches andy warhol and henry geldzahler inside the soho restaurant wpa; he sells a postcard to warhol Basquiat begins dating alexis adler and they live in the apartment of their close friend felice ralster, until Basquiat becomes unbearable because he writes and draws over everything in the apartment Basquiat and adler move into a small apartment, his first fixed adress he becomes a regular among a crowd of filmmakers, musicians, and artists that hang out at the "new" downtown spots: the mudd club, club 57, cbgb´s, hurray´s, and tier 3 along with patti astor, co founder of the fun gallery, david byrne, blondie, madonna, tina lhotscy, the b-52s, john lurie, diego cortez, edit deak, ann magnuson, and john sew, Basquiat regularly makes the scene at the mudd club at the same time, a cultural aestetic is flowering uptown in the streets of harlem and the basements of the south bronx: rap, graffiti and breakin´ the roots of hip hop culture |
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1979 | |
Basquiat and diaz have a
falling out that ends the SAMO collaboration, and "SAMO is dead"
begins appearing on various soho walls
Basqiat concentrates on
painting t-shirts and making postcards, drawings, and collages
in may, Basquiat, along with michael holman, shannon dawson, and vincent gallo form the band
channel 9, later renamed test pattern, then gray they are subsequently joined by wayne clifford and nick taylor Basquiat plays clarinet and synthesizers for the group, which performes a distinct blend of jazz, punk, and synth-pop while wandering around the school of visual arts, Basquiat, meets fellow artists and downtown scenemakers keith haring and kenny scharf Basquiat and haring share an on-again, off-again relationship for the rest of their lives |
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1980
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in june Basquiat´s art is
publicly exhibited for the first time in the "times spuare show"
a group exhibition held in new york
encouraged by the
recognition of his artistic talent, Basquiat announces that he is quitting
Gray, and the band plays for the last time at the mudd club
glenn o´brian selects
Basquiat to play the lead role in the film new york beat written by
o´brian produced by maripol and directed by edo bertoglio
the film, never released is based on the downtown art scene and on basquiat
himself o´brian after much prodding, introduces Basquiat to
warhol basquiat´s fee from the
film enables him to buy art supplies, and the film production offices
downtown provide him with a space to begin painting seriously for the first
time basquiat also lives in the offices through o´brian he sells a few canvases and expressionistic word drawings to production members and a piece to debbie harry and chris stein of the group blondie for $100 |
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Basquiat and his
girlfriend suzanne mallouk, a singer and artist, begin sharing an apartment
he takes part in several exhibitions f. e. "new york/new wave"
organized by diego cortez at the institute for art and urban resources in
long island city, "the lower manhattan drawing show" organized by
keith haring at the mudd club in may, Basquiat travels to europe for the first time, for his first one-artist exhibition, in modena, italy the work is shown under the name SAMO Basquiat is invited by annina mosei to participate in the group show "public address" at her gallery following this exhibition, nosei becomes Basquiat´s primary dealer and knowing he has no studio space, invites him to use her gallery basement space as a studio |
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Basquiat moves with
suzanne mallouk to 151 crosby street in soho, an apartment that nosei
arranges for Basquiat Basquiat meets shenge kapharoah, an artist from Barbados they become inseperable friends sharing interests in african ideologies and the concerns of artists within the african diaspora in march, Basquiat has his first one- artist exhibition in the united states at the annina nosei gallery in april, Basquiat travels to los angeles for his solo show at the larry gagosian gallery he stays at friends houses for about six month he likes the los angeles climate and club scene he returns to los angeles at least two or three times a year for the rest of his life Basquiat creates his first portofolio of prints titled anatomy printed by jo watanabe and published by the anina nosei gallery in september his first one-artist exhibition in zuerich at the galerie bruno bischofberger opens bischofsberger becomes his exclusive dealer in europe in october the lower east-side arts scene has graduated from eyhibitions in clubs to small storefront alternative gallery spaces that exhibit hundreds of young artists from the downtown club scene, artists who were rarely accepted by the larger art community of new york among these alternative venues are the fun gallery, east seventh street gallery, kenkeleba house, gracie mansion, b-side, area-x, and civilian warfarepersonal differences have brought Basquiat´s relationship with annina nosei almost to an end he works feverishly in his studio apartment ("i had some money; i made the best paintings ever. i was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. i was awful to people.") in november Basquiat has a one man exhibition at the fun gallery, run by bill stelling and patti astor paintings in the show are severely underpriced with no regard for Baspuiat´s present market value this show, held contrary to the advice of annina nosei marks the end of Basquiat´s association with his first american dealer in december Basquiats paintings are presented in a one-artist exhibition at the galerie delta in rotterdam Basquiats interest in music continues he produces a rap record with red breithwaite, toxic(graffiti artist), a-one, al diaz and rammellzee and often dj´s at various manhattan clubs |
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1983
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through paige powell, an
editor at interview Basquiat develops his relationship with andy
warhol, publisher of interview
on august Basquiat moves
into 57 great jones street , a building he leases from andy
warhol their relationship flowers, they work out
together, paint each others portraits, attend art events, and regularly
discuss philosophies of life and art, as well as Basquiat´s family
experiences Basquiat always conscious of racial realities, is deeply affected by the death of michael stewart on september 15 steward, a young black graffiti artist, was arrested and subsequently died from injuries sustained during the arrest by new york city police no matter what his art world status may have been, incidents such as these were a constant part of his life ("it could have been me, it could gave been me";Basquiat)in october Basquiat and warhol leave new york for milan Basquiat spends time in madrid and zuerich as well as a week in tokyo with dealer bruno bischofberger to attend a november exhibition of his work at the akira ikeda gallery Basquiat returns to new york in november he, warhol, and francesco clemente begin working on collaborative paintings in new york arranged by bruno bischofberger Basquiat returns to los angeles in december, where he stays at l´ermitage hotel and spends time with madonna, an acquainnance from the east village and the mudd club he rents a studio on marked street in venice, california, where he begins a series of paintings on wood panels, assisted by matt dike a friend and los angeles dj by the end of the year bischofberger in switzerland is Basquiat´s only primary dealer problems with dealers have become a recurrent feature of Basquiat´s career responding to a question about whether it is harder to get along with girlfreinds or dealers, Basquiat replies, "they´re about the same actually" |
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1984   
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in january, Basquiat leaves los angeles
for maui, hawaii, a place that he thenceforth frequents
he rents a ranch on a remote part of the island, three hours from the
airport in the town of hana, where he sets up a studio to make drawings and
paintings with materials sent from los angeles Basquiat returns to new york in
march although sceptical about affiliating himself with another
dealer he joins the mary boone gallery boone
and bischofberger become Basquiat´s primary dealers in may, basquiat has his first one-artist
exhibition at the mary boone gallery also he is included in "an
international survey of recent paintings and sculpture" at the museum
of modern art, new york at christie´s spring auction of
contemporary peintings, a 1982 Basquiat canvas, untitled(skull), fetches a
record $19,000 the painting had originally been
purchased for $4000 the year before remarkable for any
twenty-three-year old artist museum exhibitions in edinburhg(the
fruitmarket gallery) , london (institute of contemporary art) and
rotterdam(boymans van beuningen museum) follow in september, Basquiat´s collaborative paintings with warhol and clemente are shown at the galerie bruno
bischofberger in zuerich the trio had completed about fifteen
paintings and this show demonstrates the degree of celebrity status and
popularity that Basquiat has attained at such an early age late in 1984, Basquiat meets jennifer
goode, sister of the owner of the new york club area this
relationship is said to be one of the most serious romantic affairs of
Basquiat´s life Basquiat´s friends become more and more
concerned about his excessive drug use they often find
Basquiat in a state of paranoia and uncharacteristically unconcerned
with his appearance Basquiat´s paranoia is also fueled
by the very real threat of people stealing work from his apatment |
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1985
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on february 10, Basquiat
appears on the cover of the new york times magazine posing barefoot
for cathleen mc guigan´s extensive article, "new art, new money: the
marketing of american artist."gerard basquiat recalls
his son and warhol coming to the house that sunday with a stack of copies
to celebrate the fame and success of the twenty-four-year-old Basquiat in march Basquiat has his
second one-artist show at the mary boone gallery Basquiat´s deteriorating
health becomes more noticeable, particularly the dark spots on his
face these discolorations may have been caused by the
removal of his spleen, which kept his body from cleaning out the toxins
from the drugs in september, sixteen collaborative paintings by Basquiat and warhol are shown at the tony shafrazi gallery at shafrazi´s suggestion the two artists pose together in boxing trunks and gloves for a poster advertising the show unfavorable reviews cause tension in and, ultimately, weaken the warhol-Basquiat friendship in december, Basquiat spends a week in tokyo for the opening of his one-artist show at the akira ikeda gallery |
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1986
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in january, Basquiat
travels to los angeles for two weeks for his last show at the larry
gagosion gallery, the following month he travels to atlanta, his first and
only trip to the south, for an exhibition of his drawings at the fay gold
gallery in august, Basquiat, accompanied by jennifer goode and her brother eric, travels to africa for the first time he is joined there by bruno bischofberger, who, at Basquiat´s urging, has arranged for a show in abidjan, ivory coast relations with mary boone take a turn of the worse, and by the end of the year Basquiat is again without a primary dealer in new york bishofberger continues to represent him in europe, while trying to arrange for another new york dealer in november, a large exhibition of more than sixty paintings and drawings opens at the kestner-gesellschaft in hannover organized by carl haenlein, this is Basquiat´s second survey exhibition in a europe museum at twenty-five he is the youngest artist ever given an exhibition there Basquiat travels to hamburg, where he completes his addition to andrè heller´s travelling amusement park, luna luna late in the year, jennifer goode and Basquiat break up she has often complained to friends about Basquiat´s abuse of heroin, and it precipitates her decision to end their relationship in addition to malicious gossip about Basquiat´s problems circulating through friends, growing negative criticism of his work from members of the art community does not make the situation better carrying the bagage of black manhood, Basquiat often correctly perceives such criticism as evidence of racism |
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in january, Basquiat
travels to los angeles for two weeks for his last show at the larry
gagosion gallery, the following month he travels to atlanta, his first and
only trip to the south, for an exhibition of his drawings at the fay gold
gallery in august, Basquiat, accompanied by jennifer goode and her brother eric, travels to africa for the first time he is joined there by bruno bischofberger, who, at Basquiat´s urging, has arranged for a show in abidjan, ivory coast relations with mary boone take a turn of the worse, and by the end of the year Basquiat is again without a primary dealer in new york bishofberger continues to represent him in europe, while trying to arrange for another new york dealer in november, a large exhibition of more than sixty paintings and drawings opens at the kestner-gesellschaft in hannover organized by carl haenlein, this is Basquiat´s second survey exhibition in a europe museum at twenty-five he is the youngest artist ever given an exhibition there Basquiat travels to hamburg, where he completes his addition to andrè heller´s travelling amusement park, luna luna late in the year, jennifer goode and Basquiat break up she has often complained to friends about Basquiat´s abuse of heroin, and it precipitates her decision to end their relationship in addition to malicious gossip about Basquiat´s problems circulating through friends, growing negative criticism of his work from members of the art community does not make the situation better carrying the bagage of black manhood, Basquiat often correctly perceives such criticism as evidence of racism |
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in january Basquiat
exhibits new paintings for one night at baghoomian´s gallery at the cable
building in soho the paintings are those being sent to shows in paris and duesseldorf Basquiat travels to paris for his one-artist show at the galerie yvon lambert; there he meets ouattara, a painter from the ivory coast residing in paris ouattara invites him to come to his home in africa after the summer Basquiat travels to his one-artist exhibition at the galerie hans mayer in duesseldorf he returns to new york for a one-artist show at the vrej baghoomian gallery in april some critics praise the work, and it seems as if Basquiat has suddenly been redeemed Basquiat has always been resistant to drug abuse treatment programs in an apparent attempt to kick drugs, Basquiat leaves new york, stopping in dallas and los angeles, on the way to his ranch in hawaii he leaves hawaii for new york at the end of june, stopping for a week in los angeles brian williams, his former assistant in los angeles, remarks that Basquiat seems overwhelmingly happy and is proclaiming that he has kicked drugs for good on friday, august 12, jean-michel Basquiat dies in his great jones street loft at age twenty-seventhe cause of death is an overdose on heroin |
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