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Basquiat

Basquiat

Mayer, Marc

Paperback

Art HistoryAmerican Art - African American & BlackArt & Popular Culture

Publisher Price: $24.95

ISBN10: 1858945194
ISBN13: 9781858945194
Publisher: Merrell
Published: Feb 23 2010
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.65
Height: 1.20 Width: 7.40 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

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 oeuvre 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.

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