> [!cite]- Metadata > 2025-09-15 12:55 > Status: #primary #quote > Tags: `Read Time: 30s` > Jean-Michel Basquiat was a renowned American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent, famous for his neo-expressionist paintings that blended text and imagery to critique themes of racism, colonialism, and class in the 1980s. He first gained notoriety as part of the graffiti duo SAMO in the late 1970s before becoming a prominent figure in the art world, exhibiting internationally and collaborating with artists like Andy Warhol. > [!Quote] > “Art is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time.” --- ### **References** https://www.thebroad.org/online-programs/time-decorated-musical-influences-jean-michel-basquiat-part-1