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Basquiat (Hardcover)
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Basquiat (Hardcover)
Series: Basic Art Series
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List price R487
Loot Price R448
Discovery Miles 4 480
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An icon of 1980s New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) first
made his name under the graffiti tag "SAMO," before establishing
his studio practice and catapulting to fast fame at the age of 20.
Although his career lasted barely a decade, he remains a cult
figure of artistic social commentary, and a trailblazer in the
mediation of graffiti and gallery art. Basquiat's work drew upon
diverse sources and media to create an original and urgent artistic
vocabulary, biting with critique against structures of power and
racism. His practice merged abstraction and figuration, poetry and
painting, while his influences spanned Greek, Roman, and African
art, French poetry, jazz,and the work of artistic contemporaries
such as Andy Warhol and Cy Twombly. The results are vivid, visceral
mixtures of words, African emblems, cartoonish figures, daubs of
bold color, and beyond. This book presents Basquiat's short but
prolific career, his unique style, and his profound engagement with
ever-relevant issues of integration and segregation, poverty and
wealth. About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series
has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever
published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a
detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the
artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a
concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory
captions
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