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Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Rooms they shaped
Palladium
1985–1997 · Union Square, Manhattan
Designer, Contributed neo-expressionist panels to the Michael Todd Room (VIP bar). Destroyed at demolition. Basquiat died 1988.
Area
1983–1987 · Tribeca, Manhattan
Performer, DJed the back bar (jazz, bebop, reggae, dub) and contributed installation work; DJed his birthday party there December 19, 1985.
Mudd Club
1978–1983 · Tribeca, Manhattan
Performer, Regular; performed with band Gray; painted DJ booth (painted over). Early career fixture.
Club 57
1978–1983 · East Village, Manhattan
Performer, Associated with the downtown scene that converged at Club 57; degree of direct involvement lighter than Haring/Scharf per primary sources.
Tier 3
1979–1980 · Tribeca, Manhattan
Designer, Painted the first-floor DJ booth while still primarily known as the graffiti artist SAMO. Documented across multiple sources as one of his early interior commissions.
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