Dublin Bowie Festival: BasquiatCLUB 18+103 min
Director: Julian Schnabel
Starring:Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Gary Oldman
Released:09-Aug-1996
Synopsis
Screening will be preceded by an intro from artists David McDermott and Robert Hawkins.
Despite living a life of extreme poverty in Brooklyn, graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright) strives to rise up through the heady New York art scene of the 1970s and 1980s. He becomes the brightest star of neo-Expressionist painting and one of the most successful painters of his time, and even develops a friendship with Andy Warhol (David Bowie). But Basquiat's tumultuous life, specifically his addiction to heroin, overshadows his rise to fame, threatening all.