Basquiat

Marc Mayer

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Merrell Holberton
01 August 2012

Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: Postmodernism; Individual artists, art monographs

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 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.

AUTHOR: Marc Mayer is Director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada.

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Unabridged compact edition of a critically acclaimed book, featuring spectacular reproductions of Basquiat's work .

Examines many of Basquiat's individual works in detail, with particular reference to his working methods and techniques

180 illustrations

By: Marc Mayer
Imprint: Merrell Holberton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 180mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 726g
ISBN: 9781858945194
ISBN 10: 1858945194
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 August 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

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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'Each essay provides the reader with a different viewpoint on the man and his work, providing a critical insight for anyone who has an interest in Basquiat and the art world at the time he came to prominence in the 80's' - MAGIK CITY

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Marc Mayer

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