Paperback, about 7 x 8, 224 pages, index, many color and b + w plates. This is an excellent survey with many important Basquiat works represented as well as some historical photographs. Minor reading wear; publisher sticker on rear cover. Very good.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Basquiat
Publisher: Merrell Publishers
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1858945194
ISBN 13: 9781858945194
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 1050 grams

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Synopsis

Jean-Michel Basquiat was only twenty-seven when he died in 1988, his meteoric and often controversial career having lasted for just eight years. Despite his early death, Basquiat's powerful œuvre has ensured his continuing reputation as one of modern art's most distinctive voices.

Borrowing from graffiti and street imagery, cartoons, mythology and religious symbolism, Basquiat's drawings and paintings explore issues of race and identity, providing social commentary that is shrewdly observed and biting. This bestselling book, now available in a compact edition, celebrates Basquiat's achievements in the contexts of the key influences on his art. It not only re-evaluates the artist's principal works and their meaning, but also explains what keeps his painting relevant today.

About the Author

Fred Hoffman is Ahmanson Curatorial Fellow at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Kellie Jones is Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, New York. Marc Mayer is Director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada. Franklin Sirmans is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Menil Collection, Houston.

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