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Basquiat

The legend of Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) remains intact. A symbol of New York in the 1980s, the artist began his career in the late 1970s under the pseudonym SAMO, filling the city's walls with graffiti containing biting messages and fragments of poems. He was part of a booming underground scene made up of all kinds of artists, who dabbled in fine art, graffiti, hip-hop, post-punk and amateur film. Basquiat, a painter with a powerful personal voice, soon found success in more mainstream settings and exhibited in galleries around the world.

Basquiat's expressive style was based on rudimentary figures to which he added words and phrases. His work inspired a whole cast of jazz, boxing and basketball celebrities, with references to esoterica and street life. When asked about the main theme of his work, Basquiat replied royalty, heroism and the streets. In 1983 he began collaborating with the art world's most famous star, Andy Warhol, and in 1985 he was on the cover of The New York Times Magazine. When Basquiat died at the age of 27, he had already become one of the most successful artists of his time.

Through impeccable reproductions of his most outstanding paintings, drawings and sketches, you can admire the artist's complex signs and cryptic doodles in detail and delve deeper into his world thanks to an introduction by editor Hans Werner Holzwarth and an essay on his themes and creative evolution by curator and art historian Eleanor Nairne. Organised by year and lavishly illustrated, the chapters retrace Basquiat's life with quotes from the artist himself and reviews that provide the reader with both a personal perspective and historical context.

Pages: 72

Language: Spanish

Author: Eleanor Nairne

Year: 2007

MODEL: 9783836581349

Publisher: Taschen

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Jean-Michel Basquiat 40th Anniversary edition E Nairne English

Name: Jean-Michel Basquiat 40th Anniversary edition E Nairne English
Brand: Taschen
SKU: 9783836581349
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