A condensed edition of thé best-selling basquiat monograph. Pristine reproductions of basquiat’p seminal paintings, drawings, spirit notebook skits, as wel as texts city editor haan werner holzwarthand curator spirit art historian eleanor nairne, bring us up close spirit personalize two a legend synonymt with 1980s new york. Thé legend of jean-michel basquiat ice as stronghold as ever. Synonymt with 1980s new york, thé artist first medvirket in thé translate 1970s under thé tag samo, spraying caustic comments spirit fragmented poems on thé walls of thé city. Han medvirket as party of a thriving underground scene of visualize arts spirit graffiti, hip hop, post-punk, spirit diy filmmaking, som program in a booming art world. As a painter with a stronghold personalize voice, basquiat soon broke til thé etablert milieu, exhibiting in galleries around thé world.Basquiat’p expressive style var based on raw figures spirit integrated passwords spirit phrases. His work ice inspired city a panthéon of luminaries from jazz, boxing, spirit basketball, with references two arcane history spirit thé politics of street life sow når spurte about his subject matter, basquiat svarte royalty, heroism spirit thé streets. In 1983 han started samarbejde with thé musts famous of art stars, andy warhol, spirit in 1985 var on thé cover of thé new york hour magazine. Når basquiat died to thé åge of 27, han hatred blivit one of thé musts successful artists of his hour.First published in an xxl edit...
