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Jean-Michel Basquiat : Of Symbols and Signs by Antonia Hoerschelmann (2022, Hardcover)

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This exciting book shows how Basquiat used an intricate network of signs and symbols to challenge the very system that made him a darling of the art world.

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PublisherPrestel Gmbh & Co KG.

ISBN-103791379577

ISBN-139783791379579

eBay Product ID (ePID)10057290991

Product Key Features

Book TitleJean-Michel Basquiat : of Symbols and Signs

Number of Pages216 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAmerican / African American, Individual Artists / General, History / Contemporary (1945-)

Publication Year2022

IllustratorYes

GenreArt

AuthorAntonia Hoerschelmann

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight55.1 Oz

Item Length12.1 in

Item Width10 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-465311

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal759.13

SynopsisThis exciting, color-filled retrospective monograph offers new insights into Basquiat's unique visual language and helps illuminate messages about political and social issues that feel as urgent today as they did a half-century ago., Jean-Michel Basquiat's symbolic, complex, and often emotionally charged work made a huge impact on the 1980s downtown New York City art scene. And though his all-too-brief career ended when he died at age 27, Basquiat left behind an enormous legacy--not only in the number of works he produced, but also in the messages he encoded around political, social, racial, and cultural issues. This exciting book shows how Basquiat used an intricate network of signs and symbols to challenge the very system that made him a darling of the art world. It traces his inspiration from cartoons, children's drawings, and advertising as well as his own Haitian and Puerto Rican heritage; discusses the influence of African-American, African, and Aztec cultural histories; and shows how Basquiat incorporated into his work classical themes and contemporary icons--from athletes to musicians. What becomes clear is how, even as a young man, Basquiat had a profound understanding of the artist's role in art history, and of his position as a young Black artist in a world of racism, suppression and social injustice. This book helps readers decode Basquiat's unique lingua franca, an intoxicating body of work brimming with social commentary that was in turns incisive, angry, comic, hip, and heartbreaking, and that remains powerful and meaningful today., This exciting, color-filled retrospective monograph offers new insights into Basquiat's unique visual language and helps illuminate messages about political and social issues that feel as urgent today as they did a half-century ago. Jean-Michel Basquiat's symbolic, complex, and often emotionally charged work made a huge impact on the 1980s downtown New York City art scene. And though his all-too-brief career ended when he died at age 27, Basquiat left behind an enormous legacy--not only in the number of works he produced, but also in the messages he encoded around political, social, racial, and cultural issues. This exciting book shows how Basquiat used an intricate network of signs and symbols to challenge the very system that made him a darling of the art world. It traces his inspiration from cartoons, children's drawings, and advertising as well as his own Haitian and Puerto Rican heritage; discusses the influence of African-American, African, and Aztec cultural histories; and shows how Basquiat incorporated into his work classical themes and contemporary icons--from athletes to musicians. What becomes clear is how, even as a young man, Basquiat had a profound understanding of the artist's role in art history, and of his unique position as a young Black artist in a world of racism, suppression and social injsutice. This book helps readers decode Basquiat's unique lingua franca , an intoxicating body of work brimming with social commentary that was in turns incisive, angry, comic, hip, and heartbreaking, and that remains powerful and meaningful today.

LC Classification NumberND237