A “Wizard of Oz” mural loomed over a D.C. park for 23 years. When other artists painted over it, one of the creators — a ...

He goes on to describe that the title of the film is a “very deliberate choice” most likely because SAMO (which stands for Same Old Crap) was the name of the graffiti duo Basquiat found fame ...

In the 1970s, Basquiat gained attention as a graffiti artist for his scrawled phrases and pictograms of crowns and copyright signs. By 1981, he had abandoned the walls of buildings for canvas.