Words Are All We Have: Painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Review A profound and prophetic study of the artist as philosopher, painter, and poet.--Miss Rosen "Crave "A dazzling collection of major works.... his work never lost its reckless disregard for the border that seems to separate art and writing.--Ryan Steadman "Observer "Do not post--do not post, mistake About the Author Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) grew up in Brooklyn. His first notoriety came when he was making street paintings under the tag SAMO. Later he stormed the gallery world, and became an icon of New York's vibrant early-80s downtown scene, a friend to and collaborator with Andy Warhol and Francesco Clemente, and the cover boy for a 1985 New York Times Magazine story on the new art market. His death following a heroin overdose at 27 did not by any means decrease interest in his work, which was recently the subject of a retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum, New York.