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PublisherGuggenheim Museum, Solomon R.

ISBN-100892075481

ISBN-139780892075485

eBay Product ID (ePID)15038710492

Product Key Features

Book TitleBasquiat's Defacement : the Untold Story

Number of Pages168 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAmerican / African American, Individual Artists / General, Art & Politics, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General

Publication Year2019

IllustratorYes

GenreArt

AuthorJean-Michel Basquiat

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16.8 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsBasquiat s pieces [demonstrate] a particular violence against black lives that is at once structural, historical, ongoing, and futuristic., {...] does exactly what art should do: tell us a story we don't want to hear but need to, about the racist brutality so prevalent in American life., {...] does exactly what art should do: tell us a story we don t want to hear but need to, about the racist brutality so prevalent in American life., [ Basquiat s Defacement : The Untold Story ] argues for a fresh look at the impact of the racial tension of the 1980s on Basquiat and his peers., The book examines Basquiat's exploration of black identity, his protest against police brutality, and his singular language of empowerment--and is an urgent reminder of the work that must be done to banish state-sanctioned racism., ["Basquiat's 'Defacement': The Untold Story"] brilliantly portrays the artist's response to police brutality., [Basquiat's 'Defacement': The Untold Story] is a small but timely and often surprising powerhouse of a historical show., [ Basquiat s Defacement : The Untold Story ] brilliantly portrays the artist's response to police brutality., Deeply moving [...] Takes Jean-Michel Basquiat's deeply personal and rarely exhibited painting made the week of Stewart's death as its starting point, opening a conversation about police brutality that transcends the time in which the work was made., Deeply moving [...] Takes Jean-Michel Basquiat's deeply personal and rarely exhibited painting made the week of Stewart s death as its starting point, opening a conversation about police brutality that transcends the time in which the work was made., ["Basquiat's 'Defacement': The Untold Story"] argues for a fresh look at the impact of the racial tension of the 1980s on Basquiat and his peers., [Basquiat s Defacement : The Untold Story] is a small but timely and often surprising powerhouse of a historical show., The book examines Basquiat s exploration of black identity, his protest against police brutality, and his singular language of empowerment and is an urgent reminder of the work that must be done to banish state-sanctioned racism., Basquiat's pieces [demonstrate] a particular violence against black lives that is at once structural, historical, ongoing, and futuristic.

Dewey Decimal759.13

SynopsisAn exploration of a formative chapter in Basquiat's brief career through the lens of his identity and the role of cultural activism in New York City during the early years of the 1980s Jean-Michel Basquiat painted Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart) in 1983 to commemorate the death of a young, black artist who died from injuries sustained while in police custody after being arrested for allegedly tagging a New York City subway station. Published to accompany a focused exhibition of Basquiat's response to anti-black racism and police brutality, this catalogue explores a chapter in the artist's career through both the lens of his identity and the Lower East Side as a nexus of activism in the early 1980s. With an introduction by Chaédria LaBouvier, Nancy Spector, and Joan Young, and an essay by Johanna F. Almiron are supplemented by commentary from artists, activists, and other cultural figures who were part of this episode in the city's history, which invokes today's urgent conversations about state-sanctioned racism. Ephemera related to Stewart's death, including newspaper clippings and protest posters, and samples of artwork from Stewart's estate are also featured along with paintings and prints made by other artists from Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, David Hammons, in response to Stewart's death., Police brutality, racism, graffiti and the art world of the early-1980s Lower East Side converge in one painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat painted Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart) on the wall of Keith Haring's studio in 1983 to commemorate the death of a young black artist who died from injuries sustained while in police custody after being arrested for allegedly tagging a New York City subway station. Defacement is the starting point for the present volume, which focuses on Basquiat's response to anti-black racism and police brutality. Basquiat's "Defacement": The Untold Story explores this chapter in the artist's career through both the lens of his identity and the Lower East Side as a nexus of activism in the early 1980s, an era marked by the rise of the art market, the AIDS crisis and ongoing racial tensions in the city. Texts by Chaédria LaBouvier, Nancy Spector, J. Faith Almiron and Greg Tate are supplemented by commentary from artists and activists such as Luc Sante, Carlo McCormick, Jeffrey Deitch, Kenny Scharf, Fred Braithwaite and Michelle Shocked, who were part of this episode in New York City's history, which parallels today's urgent conversations about state-sanctioned racism. Basquiat's painting is contextualized by ephemera related to Stewart's death, including newspaper clippings and protest posters, samples of artwork from Stewart's estate and work made by other artists in response to Stewart's death and the subsequent trial, including pieces by Haring, Andy Warhol, David Hammons, George Condo and Lyle Ashton Harris., Jean-Michel Basquiat painted Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart) on the wall of Keith Haring's studio in 1983 to commemorate the death of a young black artist who died from injuries sustained while in police custody after being arrested for allegedly tagging a New York City subway station. Defacement is the starting point for the present volume, which focuses on Basquiat's response to anti-black racism and police brutality. Basquiat's "Defacement" The Untold Story explores this chapter in the artist's career through both the lens of his identity and the Lower East Side as a nexus of activism in the early 1980s, an era marked by the rise of the art market, the AIDS crisis and ongoing racial tensions in the city. Texts by Cha dria LaBouvier, Nancy Spector, J. Faith Almiron and Greg Tate are supplemented by commentary from artists and activists such as Luc Sante, Carlo McCormick, Jeffrey Deitch, Kenny Scharf, Fred Braithwaite and Michelle Shocked, who were part of this episode in New York City's history, which parallels today's urgent conversations about state-sanctioned racism. Basquiat's painting is contextualized by ephemera related to Stewart's death, including newspaper clippings and protest posters, samples of artwork from Stewart's estate and work made by other artists in response to Stewart's death and the subsequent trial, including pieces by Haring, Andy Warhol, David Hammons, George Condo and Lyle Ashton Harris."", Police brutality, racism, graffiti and the art world of the early-1980s Lower East Side converge in one painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat painted Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart) on the wall of Keith Haring's studio in 1983 to commemorate the death of a young black artist who died from injuries sustained while in police custody after being arrested for allegedly tagging a New York City subway station. Defacement is the starting point for the present volume, which focuses on Basquiat's response to anti-black racism and police brutality. Basquiat's "Defacement" The Untold Story explores this chapter in the artist's career through both the lens of his identity and the Lower East Side as a nexus of activism in the early 1980s, an era marked by the rise of the art market, the AIDS crisis and ongoing racial tensions in the city. Texts by Cha dria LaBouvier, Nancy Spector, J. Faith Almiron and Greg Tate are supplemented by commentary from artists and activists such as Luc Sante, Carlo McCormick, Jeffrey Deitch, Kenny Scharf, Fred Braithwaite and Michelle Shocked, who were part of this episode in New York City's history, which parallels today's urgent conversations about state-sanctioned racism. Basquiat's painting is contextualized by ephemera related to Stewart's death, including newspaper clippings and protest posters, samples of artwork from Stewart's estate and work made by other artists in response to Stewart's death and the subsequent trial, including pieces by Haring, Andy Warhol, David Hammons, George Condo and Lyle Ashton Harris.

LC Classification NumberND237

Text byTate, Greg, Spector, Nancy, LaBouvier, Chaédria, Almiron, J. Faith