num_pages: 176
description: In this extraordinary and unusual book, Jennifer Clement explores the turbulent relationships that Jean-Michel Basquiat had with his muse Suzanne Malouk and with the art establishment. The result is a distressing yet beautiful profile of a strange, powerful love striving to flourish in the face of horrendous outside pressures. And while Suzanne held firm, Basquiat sought refuge in a fatal heroin addiction. Widow Basquiat also presents an eye-witness account of the drug-fueled insanity of the New York art scene of the 1980s.
language: English
title: Widow Basquiat: A Love Story
titlecomplete: Widow Basquiat: A Love Story
characters: Jean-Michel Basquiat
genres: Art History, Biography, Poetry, Memoir, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Art, New York, History, Love
ratings_count: 5362
places: New York City, New York
publisher: Payback Press/Canongate Books Ltd.