Livro Jean-Michel Basquiat

Get up close to the bold brushwork and scribbled words of Jean-Michel Basquiat, one of the most successful artists of his time. This XXL-sized monograph brings together Basquiat's main works in impeccable reproduction. Texts by editor Hans Werner Holzwarth and curator and art historian Eleanor Nairne introduce us to a legend synonymous with 1980s New York. most seminal notebooks. In large-scale format, the book offers a vivid proximity to Basquiat's intricate scribbled marks and words, further illuminated by an introduction to the artist by editor Hans Werner Holzwarth, as well as an essay on his themes and artistic development by curator and historian of art Eleanor Nairne. The richly illustrated year-by-year chapter breaks follow the artist's life and cite his own contemporary statements and revisions to provide personal background and historical context. The author: Eleanor Nairne is a curator at the Barbican Art Gallery. She has worked on several critically acclaimed exhibitions and publications, including Basquiat: Boom for Real (2017) and Imran Qureshi: Where the Shadows are so Deep (2016). Before the Barbican, she curated the Artangel Collection at the Tate. She is a regular catalog essayist, a frieze writer, and a former writer-in-residence at Jerwood.