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Aku's Collection at Aku World

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT

Born in 1960 of Haitian and Puerto-Rican descent, Jean-Michel Basquiat grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He was exposed to art by his mother from a young age and was encouraged by some of his teachers at school to draw. After dropping out of high school and leaving home in 1976, Basquiat would never go on to receive any formal art education.

For many years, the artist barely made a living wage, selling t-shirts and postcards during the
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