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BASQUIAT: REPRESENTA! REPRESENTA!

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If Basquiat’s Latin side is ever in question, look no further than his art, all the proof can be found written there.

His mother was of Puerto Rican heritage, and his father a Haitian immigrant, the combination of which eventually led to the young Jean-Michel’s fluency in French, Spanish, and English (indeed, early readings of French symbolist poetry would come to influence Basquiat’s later work).

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Basquiat becomes an avid reader of Spanish, French, and English texts and a more than competent athlete, competing in track events. He was considered an extremely bright and gifted young boy.

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His mother, Matilde, a black Puerto Rican, was an artist, and her son’s artistic inclination undoubtedly came from her. During the mid-1970s, Basquiat lived in Puerto Rico for several years, and Spanish language words appeared in his work from the beginning of his career.

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