عنوان

Basquiat

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

Basquiat

"Born in Brooklyn in 1960, Jean-Michel Basquiat lived to the age of only twenty-seven. His meteoric career as an artist had lasted no more than eight years. The one-time teenage runaway and high-school dropout was first included in a group exhibition in 1980, and almost immediately knew considerable success, enjoying his first solo exhibition just two years later. Basquiat quickly became a notable figure on the international art scene, mixing with dealers and artists. Among these was Andy Warhol, with whom he established a close working relationship." "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 both shrewdly observed and biting. Characterized by their intensely personal nature and the raw, almost aggressive handling of paint, these works have an enduring power to move and to confound." "Viewing the heady world of the 1980s art scene from the beginning of a new century, we are able to look at Basquiat's achievements with increasing objectivity. Rather than explore his persona, this book aims to demonstrate the lasting quality of Basquiat's work itself, as well as its uniqueness within modern art. It strives not only to reevaluate his principal works, but also to explain Basquiat's continuing interest as a major painter."--BOOK JACKET.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London; New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Merrell; Brooklyn Museum

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2005

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

224 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Text of Note

Catalog of an exhibition to be held at the Brooklyn Museum, Mar. 11-June 5, 2005, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, July 17-Oct. 10, 2005, and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Nov. 20, 2005-Feb. 12, 2006.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references )p. 216-223( and index.

Text of Note

ISBN: 9781858943619

Text of Note

edited by Marc Mayer ; co-curated and with essays by Fred Hoffman ... ]et al.[.

Text of Note

1

Text of Note

Basquiat in history / MaZrc Mayer -- In the cipher: Basquiat and hip-hop culture / Franklin Sirmans -- The defining years: notes on five key works / Fred Hoffman -- Lost in translation: Jean-Michel in the )re(mix / Kellie Jones -- Exhibition history.

Entry Element

، Basquiat, Jean Micheal -- Exhibitions

Class number

Class number

Entry Element

Basquiat, Jean Michel

Relator Code

AU

AU Mayer, Marc )Marc Daniel( 1956-

AU Hoffman, Fred 1944-

CO Brooklyn Museum.

CO Museum of Contemporary Art )Los Angeles, Calif.(

CO Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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