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Jean-Michel Basquiat
Contributor(s): Nairne, Eleanor (Author), Holzwarth, Hans Werner (Editor)
ISBN: 3836550377     ISBN-13: 9783836550376
Publisher: Taschen
OUR PRICE:   $198.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Art | Individual Artists - Monographs
- Art | History - Contemporary (1945- )
- Art | American - African American
Physical Information: 3.2" H x 12.4" W x 18.1" (12.60 lbs) 500 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
 
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Publisher Description:

The legend of Jean-Michel Basquiat is as strong as ever. Synonymous with New York in the 1980s, the artist first appeared in the late 1970s under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragmented poems on the walls of the city. He appeared as part of a thriving underground scene of visual arts and graffiti, hip hop, post-punk, and DIY filmmaking, which met in a booming art world. As a painter with a strong personal voice, Basquiat soon broke into the established milieu, exhibiting in galleries around the world.

Basquiat's expressive style was based on raw figures and integrated words and phrases. His work is inspired by a pantheon of luminaries from jazz, boxing, and basketball, with references to arcane history and the politics of street life--so when asked about his subject matter, Basquiat answered "royalty, heroism and the streets." In 1983 he started collaborating with the most famous of art stars, Andy Warhol, and in 1985 was on the cover of The New York Times Magazine. When Basquiat died at the age of 27, he had become one of the most successful artists of his time.

This book allows an unprecedented insight into Basquiat's art, with pristine reproductions of his most seminal paintings, drawings, and notebook sketches. In large-scale format, the book offers vivid proximity to Basquiat's intricate marks and scribbled words, further illuminated by an introduction to the artist from editor Hans Werner Holzwarth, as well as an essay on his themes and artistic development from curator and art historian Eleanor Nairne. Richly illustrated year-by-year chapter breaks follow the artist's life and quote from his own statements and contemporary reviews to provide both personal background and historical context.


Contributor Bio(s): Nairne, Eleanor: - Eleanor Nairne est curatrice à la Barbican Art Gallery. Elle a participé à de nombreuses expositions et publications saluées par la critique, dont «Basquiat: Boom for Real» en 2017 et «Imran Qureshi: Where the Shadows are so Deep» en 2016. Avant cela, elle fut curatrice de la collection Artangel à la Tate. Essayiste régulière pour des catalogues, elle est aussi rédactrice pour frieze et fut précédemment auteur en résidence à la fondation Jerwood.Holzwarth, Hans Werner: - Hans Werner Holzwarth est le concepteur et l'éditeur de nombreux livres principalement consacrés à l'art contemporain et à la photographie. Pour TASCHEN, il a notamment dirigé une série d'Éditions collector monographiques dont Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool, Albert Oehlen et Ai Weiwei, mais aussi l'ouvrage SUMO de David Hockney, A Bigger Book, et celui au format XXL sur Jean-Michel Basquiat, et enfin des études dont L'Art moderne et Art Now Vol. 3 et Vol. 4.