Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960 - 1988 : the explosive force of the streets / Leonhard Emmerling

By: Emmerling, Leonhard [author]Material type: TextTextPublication details: Koln, Germany : Taschen, c2021Description: 95 pages : colored illustrations ; 27 cmISBN: 978-3-8365-5979-9Subject(s): STREET ART -- 20TH CENTURY | ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM -- UNITED STATES | BASQUIAT, JEAN MICHEL -- CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATIONLOC classification: N 6537 E46 2021
Contents:
"Pay for soup, build a fort, set that on fire": Basquiat and the 1980s art scene -- "SAMO as a neo art form": childhood and youth -- "Famous Negro athletes #47": on the way to stardom -- "Kings, heroes and the street": Basquiat's themes -- "Profit I": in the art business -- "Dos Cabezas": Basquiat and Warhol -- "Riding with death": the final years -- Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960-1988: life and work
Summary: From the streets of New York to the walls of its most prominent galleries, young graffiti artistJean-Michel Basquiat (1960 1988) was catapulted to international fame in his early 20s and died of a drug-overdose at 27. The subject of a feature film by fellow artist Julian Schnabel, Basquiat is one of the most admired artists to emerge from the 1980s art boom. This book explores his short but prolific career
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"Pay for soup, build a fort, set that on fire": Basquiat and the 1980s art scene -- "SAMO as a neo art form": childhood and youth -- "Famous Negro athletes #47": on the way to stardom -- "Kings, heroes and the street": Basquiat's themes -- "Profit I": in the art business -- "Dos Cabezas": Basquiat and Warhol -- "Riding with death": the final years -- Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960-1988: life and work

From the streets of New York to the walls of its most prominent galleries, young graffiti artistJean-Michel Basquiat (1960 1988) was catapulted to international fame in his early 20s and died of a drug-overdose at 27. The subject of a feature film by fellow artist Julian Schnabel, Basquiat is one of the most admired artists to emerge from the 1980s art boom. This book explores his short but prolific career

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