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Skateboarding culture might seem like a pastime for delinquents but its influence on modern art cannot be understated. Picture a modern art museum. Perhaps one like MoMA with all those white paintings nobody understands. Now think of skateboarding culture. How well do you think those worlds complement each other? Very well, in fact. Artists like …
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The Black American painter was often cryptic in interviews, but his words said more than he could have ever imagined. I've never been interviewed for media. But if I was, I'd probably be like Jean-Michel Basquiat. His curt response to the few he participated in were typical of an artist who preferred paint to parle. …
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Yes, the anniversary of his death was yesterday but everyday should be a celebration of Jean-Michel Basquiat. That's the line I'm going with anyway. I won't pretend I knew about him for years. He was a name I'd heard but not explored further than occasional utterances. Then I went to see his Boom For Real exhibition at …