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Basquiat
From the streets to the galleries: the artist who turned the institution upside down
From the streets of New York to the walls of its most prominent galleries, young graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was catapulted to international fame in his early 20s and died of a drug-overdose at 27. The subject of a feature film by fellow artist Julian Schnabel, Basquia...more
From the streets of New York to the walls of its most prominent galleries, young graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was catapulted to international fame in his early 20s and died of a drug-overdose at 27. The subject of a feature film by fellow artist Julian Schnabel, Basquia...more
Hardcover, 96 pages
Published
March 15th 2011
by Taschen
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"Since I was seventeen, I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had romantic feeling of how many people had become famous." - Jean-Michel Basquiat
Emmerling introduces us to Basquiat's life from his childhood to his rapid ascent and shift from a graffiti artist to a Neo-expressionist to his tragic death in under 7 chapters and 100 pages. It is not brief but it is not dense either. It has a decent amount of information on this brilliant, enigma...more
Emmerling introduces us to Basquiat's life from his childhood to his rapid ascent and shift from a graffiti artist to a Neo-expressionist to his tragic death in under 7 chapters and 100 pages. It is not brief but it is not dense either. It has a decent amount of information on this brilliant, enigma...more
La vita di Jean Michel Basquiat raccontata da Leonhard Emmerling prende si dipana e velocità vorticose come l'ascesa del giovane artista scomparso nell'88 per overdose da eroina.
Conosciamo il talento di Basquiat, sentiamo la sua difficoltà ad accettare di essere una mascotte dell'industria e del mercato, conosciamo il suo amore per l'arte, per i graffiti, per la storia dell'america e l'impegno di Basquiat nella lotta alla discriminazione.
Conosciamo relativamente poco di quello che ha pensato o h...more
Conosciamo il talento di Basquiat, sentiamo la sua difficoltà ad accettare di essere una mascotte dell'industria e del mercato, conosciamo il suo amore per l'arte, per i graffiti, per la storia dell'america e l'impegno di Basquiat nella lotta alla discriminazione.
Conosciamo relativamente poco di quello che ha pensato o h...more
In spite of many who claim that Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was but a flash in the pan, a faddish personality whose work won't survive, today there are many different presentations of his art published. This TASCHEN overview by Leonhard Emmerling, however, might be the best introduction for those who have never come across this great figure. Basquiat's art speaks to this reviewer who encountered the painter only years after the time in which he lived and worked, and Emmerling's book explain...more
Altamente raccomandato a chi si interessa d'arte contemporanea ma, come il sottoscritto, è consapevole della propria ignoranza.
Prima del libro, tutto quello che sapevo di Basquiat si riassumeva in "quell'artista di colore morto giovane, di cui non ho visto il film".
Dopo il libro, rimane da chiedersi dove sarebbe arrivato nel 2009 e se la sua influenza si sarebbe estesa anziché rimanere un "sorprendente solitario".
Man dies.
Prima del libro, tutto quello che sapevo di Basquiat si riassumeva in "quell'artista di colore morto giovane, di cui non ho visto il film".
Dopo il libro, rimane da chiedersi dove sarebbe arrivato nel 2009 e se la sua influenza si sarebbe estesa anziché rimanere un "sorprendente solitario".
Man dies.
fabulous introduction to an amazing artist -- and his hyper-speed rise and fall. the illustrations are good selections, but there were a couple missing that i would have loved to see included.
I honestly recommend this book to artists, storytellers and psychologists...Basquiat left us too soon, but you will quickly see how powerful and immediate he felt his story to be
Dec 08, 2007
Cherie
rated it
2 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
basquiat lovers--just for the pics!
Shelves:
non-fiction
Pictures A, Text C--The text is rather dull and the lack of chronology makes it confusing
May 26, 2013
Anton
marked it as to-read
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