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Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960-1988 : the explosive force of the streets Cover Image Book Book

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

Emmerling, Leonhard 1961- (author.). Basquiat, Jean-Michel 1960-1988 (Added Author). Levis, Nicholas, (translator.).

Summary: From the streets of New York to the walls of its most prominent galleries, young graffiti artist Jean-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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  • ISBN: 9783836559799
  • ISBN: 383655979X
  • Physical Description: print
    95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.
  • Edition: English edition.
  • Publisher: Köln : Taschen, [2018]

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General Note:
Series title from back jacket flap.
"Translation: Nicholas Levis, Berlin" --[page 96].
"Original edition: ©2003 TASCHEN GmbH" --[page 96].
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 95).
Formatted Contents Note: "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.

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Subject: Basquiat, Jean-Michel 1960-1988
Artists United States Biography
Painting, American 20th century
Abstract expressionism United States
Street art 20th century
Basquiat, Jean-Michel 1960-1988
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Street art
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Basquiat


An icon of 1980s New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) first made his name under the graffiti tag "SAMO", before establishing his studio practice and catapulting to fast fame at the age of 20. Although his career lasted barely a decade, he remains a cult figure of artistic social commentary , and a trailblazer in the mediation of graffiti and gallery art . Basquiat's work drew upon diverse sources and media to create an original and urgent artistic vocabulary, biting with critique against structures of power and racism . His practice merged abstraction and figuration, poetry and painting, while his influences spanned Greek, Roman, and African art, French poetry, jazz , and the work of artistic contemporaries such as Andy Warhol and Cy Twombly. The results are vivid, visceral mixtures of words, African emblems, cartoonish figures, daubs of bold color, and beyond. This book presents Basquiat's short but prolific career, his unique style, and his profound engagement with ever-relevant issues of integration and segregation, poverty and wealth.
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