" Jean Michel Basquiat : Art and Objecthood " Large Hardcover Exhibition Art Book

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This " Jean Michel Basquiat : Art and Objecthood " large hardcover exhibition art book is a very special and … Read more This " Jean Michel Basquiat : Art and Objecthood " large hardcover exhibition art book is a very special and unique book to add to your library collection.

The hardcover art book with matte eggshell finish laminated cover boards in published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin, printed in Germany in 2022 by Westermann Druck Zwickav GMBH, on the occasion of the exhibition at Nahmad Contemporary in New York City. Editors : Dieter Buchhart and Joseph Nahmad, curated by Dieter Buchhart, book design : Giles Dunn at Punkt, London.

Jean Michel Basquiat ( 1960 - 1988 ) was born in Brooklyn New York in 1960. His early creative career was as the Street Graffiti artist nick named " Samo " in the late 1970's on New York City's Lower East Side. By the early 1980's with the help of his friend Andy Warhol, Basquiat began to make his emotionally charged aesthetically arresting Neo Expressionist paintings. In 1992 The Whitney Museum of Art held a major retrospective exhibition of the life works of this great American Contemporary artist and master of social commentary.

His work focused in suggestive dichotomies such as wealth vs poverty, integration vs segregation, and inner vs outer experience of the human condition. He appropriated poetry, drawing, painting, and married text and image with Abstraction and Figuration. Basquiat's works has strong social commentary and deeper truths about the individual and the power structures of racism, and criticism of colonialism and support for class struggles.

The unparalleled legacy of Jean Michel Basquiat stems not only from his powerful visual language rooted in complex symbolism, conceptual semantics, and aesthetic rigor but also in his distinct process of creation and use of a vast breadth of mediums. This was the first exhibition devoted to the role of found objects and unconventional materials in Basquiat's profound body of work.

His creative fervor saw no bounds. he painted and drew on everything around him - from the ephemera within his domestic spaces to those items he collected from the streets. Marking the intersection of art and life, these nuanced works are not only a symbol of New York City's cultural landscape of the 1980's but also of the artist's engagement with larger concepts of politics, race, and identity.

This special volume provides an innovative, in-depth look into Basquiat's sculptural practice. He harnessed and left his mark on discarded windows, doors, boards, subway tiles, refrigerators, chairs, and cabinets. Such found objects were among his earliest creations. This cut-and-paste aesthetic was a sampling from his surroundings with all five senses, using this source material to integrate and further the rebellious gestures of a marginalized society. These works demonstrate the extent of Basquiat's sculptural practice and particular use of objects reveal his intense dedication to the struggle against social inequity, and his profound engagement with the politics of race, the collective struggle against ignorance, fear, and silence portrayed by it - are more relevant today than ever.

The large format exhibition art book measures 11 5/8" W X 11 5/8" H X 1" D, with 290 pages, featuring 133 illustrations. The volume is further enhanced with an introduction by Joseph Nahmad, new essay scholarship by J. Faith Almiron, Dieter Buchhart, and Ben Okri, installation photos, quote, and archival photos.

It is in excellent " like new " very clean condition with very light signs of handling. Please see photos for condition reference. It is now being offered here for an excellent price. See less