Talk:Jean-Michel Basquiat

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I'm stubbing this, it's fragmentary and incomplete. There needs to be a section adressing the criticism towards Basquiat. Robert Hughes for example called him a featherweight because of his weak technique, and criticized his dealers for exploiting him as a young black painter.

[edit] Let's improve this

This paragraph is problematic in both style and content. Let's try to improve it:

• Many of his friends and his lovers showed a remarkable fear for his frequent drug abuse. Many believe because of this drug use, he developed a paranoia around many, including his close friends.

--jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 15:37, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

The paragraph concerning his drug use seems to hint at a connection between the drugs/paranoia and his appearance on the cover of Time. Is this the case? If not, this paragraph should be restructured. -Sam Walker (2005/8/15)

I agree. In fact, this article is disjointed in many places and includes at least one POV statement, "Some claimed that Andy Warhol was merely using Basquiat for some of his techniques and insight, but this was never based on much fact, just mere speculation." Who are the some who claimed that Warhol was using him and how do we know that the assertion was mere speculation? I would suggest that someone put a clean-up disclaimer on this page. I'd do it myself, but I haven't yet learned how. CKA3KA (Skazka) 00:26, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

I have tagged the article as being in need of work. CKA3KA (Skazka) 01:35, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Political Correctness Fails Again

Why is he listed as being an African-American? There is nothing in the article that says he has African heritage. Black =/= African-American. 207.250.76.5 14:42, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

1) Basquiat was of Haitian extraction. Where do you think the Haitians came from? They are descended from African slaves. 2) Basquiat was an American. Therefore, Q.E.D. he was an African-American. JohnC 05:25, 13 August 2006 (UTC)