Portraits of artists in their studios offer fascinating insight into how they work and what they require to do so. This snapshot of Jean-Michel Basquiat—taken by Hong Kong-born American photographer Tseng Kwong Chi—shows the singular artist in his New York studio at 57 Great Jones Street, a former stable owned by Andy Warhol. Basquiat was known for turning anything and everything into a canvas for his neo-Expressionist paintings, drawings and collages—and his paint splattered studio, floor-based drawing set-up and scribble-adorned furnishings attest to this explosive brand of creativity.
