$50.39
- Hardcover
512 pages
- Release Date
6 September 2020
Summary
Basquiat: Royalty, Heroism, and the Streets
The legend of Jean-Michel Basquiat remains as powerful as ever. Emerging from the vibrant 1980s New York art scene under the SAMO tag, Basquiat’s graffiti, hip hop influences, and raw artistic expression quickly propelled him into the established art world.
Basquiat’s style, characterized by raw figures and integrated words, draws inspiration from jazz icons, boxing legends, basketball stars, obscure historical events, and the grit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783836580922 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 3836580926 |
| Series: | 40th Edition |
| Author: | Eleanor Nairne, Hans Werner Holzwarth |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 6 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 1.31kg |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 224mm x 166mm |
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“I don’t think about art when I’m working. I try to think about life.”
I don’t think about art when I’m working. I try to think about life. * Jean-Michel Basquiat *The most complete monograph on Basquiat that exists. * El País *A must have… Exceptional reproductions of his most important paintings, drawings and sketches, to be shared with lovers of Basquiat’s raw art. * vogue.com *
About The Author
Eleanor Nairne
Eleanor Nairne is a curator at the Barbican Art Gallery. She has worked on a number of critically acclaimed exhibitions and publications, including Basquiat: Boom for Real (2017) and Imran Qureshi: Where the Shadows are so Deep (2016). Prior to the Barbican, she was curator of the Artangel Collection at Tate. She is a regular catalogue essayist, a writer for frieze, and a previous Jerwood Writer in Residence.
Hans Werner Holzwarth is a book designer and editor specializing in contemporary art and photography. His TASCHEN publications include the Collector’s Editions Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool, Albert Oehlen, Ai Weiwei, Georg Baselitz and the David Hockney SUMO A Bigger Book, as well as monographs like the XXL-sized Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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