This is an interesting painting as it explores the trails basquiat was experiencing after his meteoric rise to fame and the forces that ultimately lead to his death the left half of that picture illustrates the penultimate moment in the story of samson a black man shorn of his dreadlocks pushes out with muscular manacled arms against classical white columns to either side in the centre the figure of an art critic a shouting man in a black top hat and priestly collar holding aloft a fist full