1. Jean-Michel Basquiat: Art Imitates Life Imitates Art
... people. He changed the art world with his style of art and his style of life. He changed the way that the world thought about artists. Being black in a mainly white art community, Basquiat had to overcome more than any other artist of his time. Basquiat's art career was short-lived ... eventually returned to Brooklyn. At age 15, Jean-Michel ran away from home after being caught smoking pot by his father. Jean-Michel stayed at a boy's home and later in a Jewish hippie commune . Both didn't last very long and Jean-Michel ended up sleeping on park benches in Washington Square Park ... drug...
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- Grade Level: High School