Jean-Michel Basquiat - hardcover
Jean-Michel Basquiat - hardcover book
This long-awaited companion catalog to Gagosian Gallery's 2013 exhibition of Jean-Michel Basquiat's artwork will appeal to everyone from the most casual of admirers of Basquiat's work to late twentieth-century art enthusiasts.
Featuring foldouts, candid photographs, and full-page color installation shots, this beautiful new book celebrates the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat over his brief but meteoric career. Dozens of historical photographs, both black-and-white and color, connect the text with the close to sixty color plates, providing invaluable insight into the life and work of this seminal artist. Art historian Robert Farris Thompson delivers a detailed analysis of some of Basquiat’s most iconic paintings, situating them within the artist’s own oeuvre, as well as the larger landscape of twentieth-century art. Rounding out this stunning volume, the late Rene Ricard provides a rare but accurate glimpse into the private world of Basquiat, recounting their sometimes fraught friendship, from their first meeting in 1981 to Basquiat’s death in 1988.
-THE NEW AMERICAN
In the Brooklyn Museum's sparkling if sometimes arcane exhibition, the contents of eight notebooks, supplemented by several paintings and large drawings, trace the evolution of Basquiat’s loquacious pictorial style. Time spent with the catalog enhances the experience."
- The New York Times
- Authors: Robert Farris Thompson, Rene Ricard
- Published: Apr 2015
- hardcover
- size: 10 x 12
- pages: 210