Radiant Child

by Javaka Steptoe

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Somewhere in Brooklyn, a little boy dreams of being a famous artist, not knowing that one day he would make himself a king.

Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. However, before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games, in the words that we speak and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own style introduces young readers to the powerful message that art doesn't always have to be neat or clean - and definitely not inside the lines - to be beautiful.

  • ISBN10 7533294947
  • ISBN13 9787533294946
  • Publish Date 1 April 2018 (first published 27 October 2016)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Ming Tian Chu Ban She
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language Chinese