Taschen Art Series: Basquiat

Author: Leonhard Emmerling Publish Year: 2019 Weight: 1.35 lb Dimensions: 8.5 x 10.5 x 1" Format: Hardcover Number of Pages: 96 Life Lines The ’80s art star who put poverty, power, and racism on the wall An icon of 1980s New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) first made his name under the graffiti tag “SAMO,” before establishing his studio practice and catapulting to fast fame at the age of 20. Although his career lasted barely a decade, he remains a cult figure of artistic social commentary, and a trailblazer in the mediation of graffiti and gallery art. Basquiat’s work drew upon diverse sources and media to create an original and urgent artistic vocabulary, biting with critique against structures of power and racism. His practice merged abstraction and figuration, poetry and painting, while his influences