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Jean Michel Basquiat painted by Owen Dippie and Al Diaz, Cooper St. at Broadway, Brooklyn | Library of Congress
Van Der Plas Gallery - "AL DIAZ: LIKE A BOMB" In 1976 Al Diaz and Jean Michel Basquiat became fast friends at City As High School. Together they created SAMO©, the street
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