Basquiat
Subtitle: boom for real
By: edited by Dieter Buchhart and Eleanor Nairne with Lotte Johnson
Contributors: Buchhart, Dieter, 1971- editor, curator; Nairne, Eleanor, editor, curator; Johnson, Lotte, editor; Basquiat, Jean-Michel, 1960-1988; Barbican Art Gallery; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Prestel Verlag
Edition: English edition.
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9783791356365
Subjects: Abstract expressionism; Exhibitions; Street art; Criticism and interpretation; American Painting; Modern Painting; African American painters; Themes, motives; History
Other titles: Boom for real.
Description: Basquiat first came to prominence when he collaborated with Al Diaz to spray-paint enigmatic statements under a pseudonym. He went on to work on collages, Xerox art, postcards, performances, and music before establishing his reputation as one of the most important painters of his generation. Accompanying a major exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery, this book opens with introductory essays from the curators, which place his practice in a wider art historical context and look at his career through the lens of performance. Six thematic chapters offer new research, with essays from poet Christian Campbell; curator Carlo McCormick on New York/New Wave; writer Glenn O'Brien on the downtown scene; academic Jordana Moore Saggese on Basquiat's relationship to film and television; and music scholar Francesco Martinelli on Basquiat's obsession with jazz.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Basquat: boom for real": 21 September 2017-28 January 2018 at the Barbican Art Gallery and 16 February 2018-27 May 2018 at the Schirn Kunstalle Frankfurt.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Basquiat: Boom for Real" : September 21, 2017-January 28, 2018, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England, United Kingdom.

"Basquiat: Boom for Real" : February 16-May 27, 2018, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Text in English.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Jane Alison; title: Boom, Boom, Boom for Real  -- Dieter Buchhart; title: The Performance of Jean-Michel Basquiat  -- Eleanor Nairne -- Samo©.; title: The Shadows  -- Christian Campbell -- New York/New Wave.; title: Exhibitionism  -- Carlo McCormick -- The Scene.; title: Samo©'s New York  -- Glenn O'Brien -- Jazz.; title: Basquiat, Bird, Beat and Bop  -- Francesco Martinelli -- Encyclopedia.; title: Basquiat's Books  -- Eleanor Nairne -- The Screen.; title: Screens, Stereotypes, Subjects  -- Jordana Moore Saggese; title: Interview Between Jean-Michel Basquiat, Geoff Dunlop and Sandy Nairne.