[PAR] [TLE] SAMO [SEP] SAMO is a graffiti tag used on the streets of New York City from 1977 to early 1980.  It accompanied short phrases, in turns poetic and sarcastic, mainly painted on the streets of downtown Manhattan. [PAR] [TLE] Jean-Michel Basquiat [SEP] Jean-Michel Basquiat (] ; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist.  Basquiat first achieved fame as part of SAMO©, an informal graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the late 1970s where the hip hop, post-punk, and street art movements had coalesced.  By the 1980s, he was exhibiting his neo-expressionist paintings in galleries and museums internationally.  The Whitney Museum of American Art held a retrospective of his art in 1992.
[PAR] [TLE] SAMO [ SEP ] SAMO is a graffiti tag used on the streets of New York City from 1977 to early 1980 . It accompanied short phrases , in turns poetic and sarcastic , mainly painted on the streets of downtown Manhattan . [PAR] [TLE] Jean - Michel Basquiat [ SEP ] Jean - Michel Basquiat ( ] ; December 22 , 1960 – August 12 , 1988 ) was an American artist . Basquiat first achieved fame as part of SAMO © , an informal graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the late 1970s where the hip hop , post - punk , and street art movements had coalesced . By the 1980s , he was exhibiting his neo - expressionist paintings in galleries and museums internationally . The Whitney Museum of American Art held a retrospective of his art in 1992 .
What is the name of the American artist who was part of a duo that mainly painted on the streets of downtown Manhattan?
What is the name of the American artist who was part of a duo that mainly painted on the streets of downtown Manhattan ?
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat