Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1981, The Studio of the Street (Hardcover)

~ Diego Cortez (Author), Glenn O'Brien (Author), Gerard Basquiat (Author), Franklin Sirmans (Author), Arto Lindsay (Author), Jean-Michel Basquiat (Author), Jeffrey Deitch (Contributor), Suzanne Mallouk (Contributor), Annina Nosei (Contributor), Michael Holman (Contributor)

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In 1981 Jean-Michel Basquiat made the momentous transition from the street to the studio. He had attracted considerable attention with his Times Square Show the summer before, and reinforced that nascent notoriety with a wall of phenomenal works in Diego Cortez's New York/New Wave at P.S. 1, which opened the following winter. A few months later, the dealer Annina Nosei offered Basquiat an independent space in which to prepare work for her September group show, Public Address. He was only 20. Between the world of spray-painted poetry and what critic Peter Schjeldahl called "New York big-painting aesthetics" lies a fantastic coming-of-age: Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1981: The Studio of the Street includes paintings and drawings on everything from note cards to sheet metal to a leather jacket and conventional canvas. In them, as throughout his career, Basquiat married an exuberant spontaneity and art-brut sensibility with a firm command of not only art materials but art history. He would go on to define the 80s Neo-Expressionist idiom, and to remain its most compelling representative. The Studio of the Street examines this charged point of contact in works that show the artist's progression from text to text-and-image, from found materials to traditional canvasses, and from pure drawing to his uniquely evocative hybrid of drawing and painting.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Charta/ Deitch Projects (February 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8881586258
• ISBN-13: 978-8881586257
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #460,157 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BOOM FOR REAL, July 29, 2007

By	ital art (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews

This book satisfies a great need for an authentic, raw, yet sensitive collection about Jean Michel Basquiat, as a person and an artist. I value this book for more than its appearance, which is so well done. It's quality helps to preserve the legacy of his life and work. The collaborators did a fantastic job.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Artist's Mom, January 6, 2009

By	Artist Mom "Susan" (New York) - See all my reviews

The book itself is wonderful but it was given as a gift and the front cover was damaged which I didn't realize until it was opened. That bothered me because the book should be out in the open for everyone to enjoy and it's damage is noticeable. If that hadn't happened, this would definitely be given 5 stars!!