Basquiat : Boom for Real

Beschrijving

Tent. London, Barbican Art Gallery, 21-09-2017, 28-01-2018 ; Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, 16-02-2018, 27-05-2018. - Monografie toont een breed overzicht van het werk van de Afro-Amerikaanse schilder Jean-Michel Basquiat. - Focusing on Jean-Michel Basquiat's extraordinary breadth of influences, from graffiti to bebop jazz to Hollywood cinema, this exciting new survey charts his ground-breaking career. Basquiat first came to prominence when he collaborated with Al Diaz to spray-paint enigmatic statements under the pseudonym SAMO(c). 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