Culture1980–1988

Jean-Michel Basquiat

From homeless graffiti artist to the most important American painter of the 1980s in the span of a decade — Basquiat's work addressed race, identity, and power in ways painting had never done.

Origin

Brooklyn, New York

Genre

Visual Art

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Kehinde Wiley

Visual Art — Los Angeles, California · 1997–present

The artist who reimagined the Western portrait tradition by centering Black subjects in poses of classical power — and who painted Barack Obama's official presidential portrait.