Name: American Masters
Genre: Documentary

American Masters Episode 32.07 Basquiat: Rage to Riches

American Masters Episode 32.07 Basquiat: Rage to Riches

Episode Premiere

September 14, 2018

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Eagle Rock Entertainment

Official Site

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/

Information

Episode Premiere

September 14, 2018

Genre

Documentary

Period

1986 -

Production Co

Eagle Rock Entertainment

Distributor

PBS

Official Site

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/

Synopsis

One of the most influential American artists of the 20th century, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a rock star of the early ’80s New York art scene. He lived fast, died young and created thousands of drawings and paintings. It took less than a decade for Basquiat, an accountant’s son from Brooklyn, to go from anonymous graffiti writer known as SAMO© to an epoch-defining art star. Today, Basquiat is in the top tier of the international art market along with Picasso, de Kooning, and Francis Bacon. 2018 marks the 30th anniversary of Basquiat’s untimely death from a heroin overdose. In death, he has emerged as one of the most important artists of his generation and now exhibits in museums all over the world.