Emmerling, Leonhard <br/><br/>
Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960 - 1988 :  the explosive force of the streets / 
Leonhard Emmerling 
 - Koln, Germany :  Taschen,  c2021. 
 - 95 pages :  colored illustrations ;  27 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographic references 
<br/><br/>"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 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-3-8365-5979-9 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>STREET ART -- 20TH CENTURY<br/>ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM -- UNITED STATES<br/>BASQUIAT, JEAN MICHEL -- CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N 6537 E46 2021