Charting the rise of Jean-Michel Basquiat from downtown graffiti to blue-chip galleries, this compact Basquiat volume captures a short, prolific career built on raw energy and sharp social critique. His work pulls from Greek, Roman, and African visual traditions, alongside French poetry and jazz, fusing text and image into layered, confrontational compositions. Reproductions highlight the bold color, fractured anatomy, and recurring symbols that defined his output, while the concise format keeps the focus on the work itself.