206:(1983). There is a connection between asbestos and certain types of cancer and in 1982, Johns-Manville Corporation filed for bankruptcy after facing liability for asbestos injury claims. At the time, it was the largest company ever to file bankruptcy, so by mentioning "asbestos" in his paintings, Basquiat is referencing corporate greed.
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The painting, which comprises two panels that together span 12 ft, is covered in "incendiary shades of orange, red, and yellow." Basquiat's key iconography are present, including a crown, repetitive words, and an expressionistic head. Drawn from the unfiltered grit of his environs in
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heritage, often combined clever wordplay in
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loving fried chicken. Fried chicken and broken glass, along with "ASBESTOS" is also a warning to the danger of capitalist consumption. The word "asbestos" appears in several
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studio and invited him to do a show at her gallery. He sold her a group of eleven drawings for $ 16,500 and later traveled to
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Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel
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Boom for Real: The Late
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