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.
- ISBN10 0847844080
- ISBN13 9780847844081
- Publish Date 28 April 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 15 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Gagosian / Rizzoli
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 210
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9780847844081