1. Rene Ricard was an American poet, actor, art critic, and painter.
14 Facts About Rene Ricard
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Albert Napoleon Ricard was born in Boston and grew up in Acushnet, Massachusetts, near New Bedford.
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Rene Ricard appeared in the Warhol films Kitchen, Chelsea Girls, and The Andy Warhol Story.
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Rene Ricard appeared in the 1980 Eric Mitchell independent film Underground USA, as well as numerous other independent art and commercial films.
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Rene Ricard contributed art essays to numerous gallery and exhibition catalogs.
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Rene Ricard was immortalized by Jean-Michel Basquiat in the drawing entitled Untitled, representing the tension that existed between the two.
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Rene Ricard released two other volumes of poetry: Trusty Sarcophagus Co.
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Rene Ricard saw publication of single-poem works as limited edition artist books: Opera of the Worms with paintings by Judith Rifka, Cecil, and In Daddy's Hand with artist Rita Barros.
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Rene Ricard's work was the subject of several solo gallery exhibitions in the United States and United Kingdom, as well as being represented in many group exhibitions.
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In 2004, Rene Ricard created the album cover for Shadows Collide with People by musician John Frusciante.
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Rene Ricard was portrayed by Michael Wincott in Julian Schnabel's biographical film, Basquiat.
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Rene Ricard lived at the famed Hotel Chelsea in New York City intermittently for 40 years.
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Rene Ricard died on February 1,2014, of cancer at Bellevue Hospital in New York City at the age of 67.
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Rene Ricard has been making films for four decades and is currently a professor of filmmaking at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.