Basquiat
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Basquiat
Brooklyn Museum , Merrell, 2010
- : compact pbk. ed
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Basquiat, organized by the Brooklyn Museum
"First published 2005, Compact paperback edition first published 2010"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-224) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 A uvre 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.
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