Editing Jean-Michel Basquiat (section)

===Heroes and saints===
A prominent theme in Basquiat's work is the portrayal of historically prominent black figures, who were identified as heroes and saints. His early works often featured the iconographic depiction of crowns and halos to distinguish heroes and saints in his specially chosen pantheon.<ref name="Sotheby's-2019" /> "Jean-Michel's crown has three peaks, for his three royal lineages: the poet, the musician, the great boxing champion. Jean measured his skill against all he deemed strong, without prejudice as to their taste or age," said his friend and artist Francesco Clemente.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Jean-Michel Basquiat {{!}} Heroes and Saints|url=http://basquiat.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/heroes-and-saints/|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=Guggenheim Museum Bilbao|language=en}}</ref> Reviewing Basquiat's show at the [[Bilbao Guggenheim]], ''Art Daily'' noted that "Basquiat's crown is a changeable symbol: at times a halo and at others a crown of thorns, emphasizing the martyrdom that often goes hand in hand with sainthood. For Basquiat, these heroes and saints are warriors, occasionally rendered triumphant with arms raised in victory."<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title='Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now's the Time' on view at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao|url=https://artdaily.cc/news/79956/-Jean-Michel-Basquiat--Now-s-the-Time--on-view-at-the-Guggenheim-Museum-Bilbao#.YBgoXehKhPY|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=Artdaily|language=English}}</ref>

Basquiat was particularly a fan of [[bebop]] and cited saxophonist [[Charlie Parker]] as a hero.<ref name="McGuigan-1985" /> He frequently referenced Parker and other jazz musicians in paintings such as ''[[Charles the First (1982 painting)|Charles the First]]'' (1982) and ''Horn Players'' (1983), and ''King Zulu'' (1986).<ref name="Eshun-2017" /> "Basquiat looked to jazz music for inspiration and for instruction, much in the same way that he looked to the modern masters of painting," said art historian Jordana Moore Saggese.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Jordana Moore|last=Saggese|title=Basquiat, Horn Players|url=https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/later-europe-and-americas/modernity-ap/a/basquiat-horn-players|date=June 30, 2015|access-date=June 18, 2023|website=Khan Academy}}</ref>