Basquiat emerged from the New York underground when he transferred his simplistic, figural graffiti to canvases full of dark, graphic picture-stories that served as emblems of the under-privileged. While the trend-hungry art world cashed in on Graffiti artists such as Keith Haring and Fab 5 Freddy, B

Agitated, Cartoonish, Deconstructive, Graffitists and cartoonists, Gritty, Grotesque, In-your-face, Manic, Neo-expressionism, Sexy, Urban, Wise assy

He twists common colloquial forms -- like signs, stuffed animals and felt banners -- and infuses them with the dark psychologies and hidden undercurrents (sexual, metaphysical, and otherwise) of middle-class American culture, assaulting everything that society holds dear. From his first rambling perf

Modern sculpture, Perverse, Political, Sexy, Wise assy