1. Esma Hajrić
Department of printmaking
Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo
May 2016

2. Biography Born December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Art education finished high school ‘City-As-School’, alternative high school for many artistic students that have been failed by conventional schooling
Places he worked and lived:
- with SAMO ,he was connected to New York
- May 1981 he visits Europe for the first time, 1982 stays and works in Modena, Italy
- Often traveled to Hana, Hawaii, the only place where he didn't need drugs
works in a studio space in Venice, California
Died August 12, 1988 in Manhattan, New York, U.S.

4. Most influential artist of the 20th century
Starts his career in the graffiti duo SAMO with Al Diaz
SAMO = same old shit
His mother was several times submitted to psychiatric hospitals, which left a big mark on Basquiat's life
Paints postcards and does T-shirts to support himself
Andy Warhol, a huge inspiration and influence
Basquiat formed the noise rock band Test Pattern (later renamed Gray after the book ‘Gray's anatomy’)
William Burroughs poetry inspired him
Neo-Expressionism 
Difficult relationship with his father marked his work
In his paintings he talks to big names in art history, like Picasso or Van Gogh
Addresses the problem of black people, through history and in modern society
Started a collaboration with Andy Warhol, but they got bad reviews
His last exhibited works were inspired by death, as if he predicted his own future
He did over 1000 paintings and 1000 drawings

5. SAMO graffiti, New York, 1977

6. Self-Portrait, Acrylic, oil paintstick, and spray paint on canvas, 193 x cm Collection of Bo Franzen

7. New York Beat Movie (Downotwn 81), Dir. Edo Bertoglio, 1981

8. Arroz con Pollo, 1981 Acrylic and oil paintstick on canvas, 172
Arroz con Pollo, 1981 Acrylic and oil paintstick on canvas, x cm Collection of Felipe Grimberg

9. Basquiat exhibition, New York, 1981

10. Scull, 1981. acrylic and crayon on canvas, 175
Scull, acrylic and crayon on canvas, x 207 cm Broad Collection, Los Angeles, USA

11. Basquiat and Keith Haring, Mudd Club, In February second exhibition: "New York/New Wave," show at P.S. 1, that included more than twenty artists, among them Haring - Immediately after Haring organizes the "Lower Manhattan Drawing Show" at the Mudd Club for more than seventy artists (including Basquiat)

12. „What he incorporates into his pictures, whether found or made, is specific and selective. He has a perfect idea of what he's getting across, using everything that collates to his vision.”
Radiant Child by Rene Ricard
ARTFORUM Magazine, December 1981

14. “Beat Bop,” produced and directed by Basquiat, 1983

15. Dos Cabezas, Acrylic and oil paintstick on canvas with exposed wood supports and twine, x cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Worrell, Jr.

16. Tenor, Acrylic, oil stick and Xerox collage on canvas, 254 x 289,6 cm Private collection (courtesy Bruno Bischofberger, Zürich)

17. Warhol and Basquiat, New York, 1985

18. She Installs Confidence and Picks His Brain Like a Salad, 1987 Acrylic and oil paintstick on wood, 235 x 295 cm Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris

19. Riding with Death, 1988 Acrylic and crayon on canvas, 289
Riding with Death, 1988 Acrylic and crayon on canvas, x 249 cm Private Collection

20. References http://www.basquiat.com/
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, Dir. Tamra Davis, 2010