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PublisherHirmer Verlag GmbH

ISBN-103777424544

ISBN-139783777424545

eBay Product ID (ePID)217022871

Product Key Features

Book TitleBasquiat : Museum Security

Number of Pages116 Pages

LanguageGerman

TopicGeneral

Publication Year2016

IllustratorYes

GenreArt

AuthorAnna Karina Hofbauer, Dieter Buchhart

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Length12.2 in

Item Width12.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisThe publication focuses on a series of 12 key works by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), created in the spring of 1983. The series draws on the subjects most important in Basquiat's oeuvre: from music, anatomy, sports and comics via work, the economy, becoming and decaying, to the history of African Americans and the history of art. The book revolves around a series of 12 key works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, created in the spring of 1983 - at the time when the artist's oeuvre was at its most complex. The "Museum Security" series raises the subjects most important in Basquiat's oeuvre, including music, anatomy, sports, comics, the economy, the history of African Americans and the history of art. His multi-layered exploration of sociopolitical issues, ranging from discrimination and prejudices to capitalism, the market and subjugation reaches its pinnacle in these paintings., Accompanying a major traveling exhibition, this first-ever survey of the rarely seen notebooks of Basquiat features the artist's handwritten notes, poems, and drawings, along with related works on paper and large-scale paintings. With no formal training, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) succeeded in developing a new and expressive style to become one of the most influential artists in the postmodern revival of figurative during the 1980s. In a series of notebooks from the early to mid-1980s, never before exhibited, Basquiat combined text and images reflecting his engagement with the countercultures of graffiti and hip-hop in New York City, as well as pop culture and world events. Filled with handwritten texts, poems, pictograms, and drawings, many of them iconic images that recur throughout his artwork--teepees, crowns, skeleton-like silhouettes, and grimacing masks--and these notebooks reveal much about the artist's creative process and the importance of the written word in his aesthetic. With over 150 notebook pages and numerous drawings and paintings, this important book sheds new light on Basquiat's career and his critical place in contemporary art history.