Diálogos urbanos: o graffiti como expressão de subcultura e a obra de Basquiat

Abstract

This work, of bibliographic nature, analyzes the sociocultural context of the postmodern period in order to understand the factors that influenced the emergence of graffiti and designed it as an artistic manifestation of strong expressiveness in urban sites. A brief analysis of Jean-Michel Basquiat biography was made with the support of the authors used in this research, so that it was possible to identify influences and contributions of graffiti in the artist's work.