Basquiat before Basquiat
Subtitle: East 12th Street, 1979-1980
By: edited by Nora Burnett Abrams ; with essays by Nora Burnett Abrams, Alexis Adler, Sara Driver, Malu Halasa, Michael Holman, Jennifer Jazz, Bud Kliment, Darryl Pinckney, Felice Rosser, Luc Sante, Sur Rodney Sur
Contributors: Basquiat, Jean-Michel, 1960-1988, artist; Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver
Publisher: Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Denver, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780692789308
Subjects: Exhibitions; Criticism and interpretation
Notes: Catalog from an exhibition of the same title, held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Feb. 10-May 7, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments -- Director's foreword; title: East 12th Street  -- Alexis Adler; title: 1979/1980  -- Nora Burnett Abrams; title: Plus one : club memories  -- Darryl Pinckney; title: Number one  -- Luc Sante; title: Blues for Jean-Michel  -- Felice Rosser; title: Alexa's ; title: jennifer jazz --; title: F8  -- Malu Halasa; title: Flags  -- Bud Kliment; title: Basquiat vs. "ignorant" geodesic dome  -- Michael Holman; title: National news©  -- Sur Rodney Sur; title: Teenage Basquiat -- Sara Driver-- Image list and credits.