Basquiat’s collaborator releases unseen pics of the artist


Basquiat’s collaborator releases unseen pics of the artist
SAMO was a pioneering, playful force on the streets of New York in the 1970s: the alias of Jean-Michel Basquiat  and high school mate and artist Al Diaz, SAMO painted poetry throughout NYC. Meaning ‘Same Old Shit’, some of their most famous guerilla slogans included “SAMO© SAVES IDIOTS AND GONZOIDS…”, “SAMO©… 4 THE SO-CALLED AVANT-GARDE” and “SAMO as an alternative 2 playing art with the ‘radical chic’ sect on Daddy’s $ funds”.

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June 2, 2017 at 05:50PM
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