{"product_id":"jean-michel-basquiat-40th-ed-9783836580922","title":"Jean-Michel Basquiat: 40th Ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003eA condensed edition of the best-selling Basquiat monograph. Pristine reproductions of Basquiat's seminal paintings, drawings, and notebook sketches, as well as texts by editor Hans Werner Holzwarth and curator and art historian Eleanor Nairne, bring us up close and personal to a legend synonymous with 1980s New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe legend of \u003cb\u003eJean-Michel Basquiat \u003c\/b\u003eis as strong as ever. Synonymous with 1980s New York, the artist first appeared in the late 1970s under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragmented poems on the walls of the city. He appeared as \u003cb\u003epart of a thriving underground scene of visual arts and graffiti, hip hop, post-punk, and DIY filmmaking\u003c\/b\u003e, which met in a booming art world. As a painter with a strong personal voice, Basquiat soon broke into the established milieu, exhibiting in galleries around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Basquiat's expressive style was based on \u003cb\u003eraw figures and integrated words and phrases\u003c\/b\u003e. His work is inspired by a pantheon of luminaries from jazz, boxing, and basketball, with references to arcane history and the politics of street life-so when asked about his subject matter, Basquiat answered \"royalty, heroism and the streets.\" In 1983 he started collaborating with the most famous of art stars, \u003cb\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c\/b\u003e, and in 1985 was on the cover of The New York Times Magazine. When Basquiat died at the age of 27, he had become \u003cb\u003eone of the most successful artists of his time\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First published in an XXL edition, this unprecedented insight into Basquiat's art is \u003cb\u003enow available in a compact, accessible volume\u003c\/b\u003e in celebration of TASCHEN's 40th anniversary. With pristine reproductions of\u003cb\u003e his most seminal paintings\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e drawings\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e and notebook sketches\u003c\/b\u003e, it offers \u003cb\u003evivid proximity \u003c\/b\u003eto Basquiat's intricate marks and scribbled words, further illuminated by an introduction to the artist from editor \u003cb\u003eHans Werner Holzwarth\u003c\/b\u003e, as well as an essay on his themes and artistic development from curator and art historian\u003cb\u003e Eleanor Nairne\u003c\/b\u003e. Richly illustrated year-by-year chapter breaks follow the artist's life and quote from his own statements and contemporary reviews to provide both personal background and historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9783836580922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 07 Sep 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Taschen GmbH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Cologne, Germany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 21.7(H)x15.6(L)x4.4(W)1307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 1307\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eEleanor Nairne is a curator at the Barbican Art Gallery. She has worked on a number of critically acclaimed exhibitions and publications, including Basquiat: Boom for Real (2017) and Imran Qureshi: Where the Shadows are so Deep (2016). Prior to the Barbican, she was curator of the Artangel Collection at Tate. She is a regular catalogue essayist, a writer for frieze, and a previous Jerwood Writer in Residence.   Hans Werner Holzwarth is a book designer and editor specializing in contemporary art and photography. His TASCHEN publications include the Collector’s Editions Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool, Albert Oehlen, Neo Rauch, Ai Weiwei, Beatriz Milhazes, Julian Schnabel, Georg Baselitz, Glenn Brown, the David Hockney SUMO A Bigger Book, as well as monographs such as the XXL-sized Jean-Michel Basquiat.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eI don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life. * Jean-Michel Basquiat *\u003cbr\u003eThe most complete monograph on Basquiat that exists. * El País *\u003cbr\u003eA must have... Exceptional reproductions of his most important paintings, drawings and sketches, to be shared with lovers of Basquiat's raw art. * vogue.com *\u003cbr\u003eA cult object composed of exceptional reproductions of Basquiat's most important paintings, drawings, and sketches. * Vogue *","brand":"Eleanor Nairne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48781323763929,"sku":"9783836580922","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/8197UcZm5TL._SL1500_6be63259-12e7-4bff-8cb7-dfe7668609ed.jpg?v=1780589056","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/jean-michel-basquiat-40th-ed-9783836580922","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}