11K views · 317 reactions | Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) was an American artist whose explosive creativity made him a defining figure of the 1980s New York art scene. Rising from graffiti under the tag SAMO, he transitioned into painting and quickly gained recognition for his raw, energetic style that blended street art, abstract expressionism, and neo-expressionism.His works combined text, symbols, and figures, often addressing themes of race, identity, power, and inequality. Drawing on inf