The chaotic brilliance of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat - Jordana Moore Saggese

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A sky blue canvas ripped open by an enormous skull.

Teeth bared though visceral slashes of oil and spray-paint.

In 2017, this untitled artwork was auctioned off for over 110 million dollars.

But it's not the work of some old master.

These strokes of genius belong to 21 year old black Brooklynite Jean-Michel Basquiat one of America's most charismatic painters, and currently, its highest sold.

Born in 1960 to a Haitian father and a Puerto Rican mother, Basquiat spent his childhood making art and mischief in Boerum Hill.

While he never attended art school, he learned by wandering through New York galleries, and listening to the music his father played at home.

He drew inspiration from unexpected places, scribbling his own versions of cartoons, comic books and biblical scenes on scrap paper from his father's office.

But it was a medical encyclopedia that arguably exerted the most powerful influence on Basquiat.

When young Jean-Michel was hit by a car, his mother brought a copy of "Grey's Anatomy" to his hospital bed.

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