Tag: Hollywood Africans

• Artist a Day Challenge No. 10 Basquiat & Golden Boys

  In 1983 Basquiat took an extended leave from NYC to live in Los Angeles.  Accompanying him was the reclusive, eclectic musician and artist Rammellezee and painter Torrick Ablack (aka Toxic).  Basquiat was at the apex of his career at this time and during this trip to Los Angeles he tried to leverage his fame to encourage art world powerhouses to…

  cultureshockart

  February 10, 2015

  Art, black history, Collecting, Contemporary Art, graffiti, Music

  Basquiat, graffiti, Hollywood Africans, Ledisi, Rammellzee, Res