Word: kertess
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...acme of vapid pretension is reached by the former art dealer Klaus Kertess, who thinks Basquiat's drug addiction was in some large way socially therapeutic. "Heroin," Kertess opines, "seems to have played some role in the formation of the discontinuous maps of mental states that are his paintings and drawings. Heroin seems to have helped him fuse his line with his nerve endings as they responded to, parodied and sought to heal a disturbed culture...
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