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Reading Basquiat: Exploring Ambivalence in American Art
Jordana Moore Saggese
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Description for Reading Basquiat: Exploring Ambivalence in American Art
Hardback. Provides an approach to understanding the range and impact of artist's practice, as well as its complex relationship to several key artistic and ideological debates of the late twentieth century, including the instability of identity, the role of appropriation, and the boundaries of expressionism. Num Pages: 268 pages, 40 color illustrations, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 184 x 22. Weight in Grams: 738.
Jean-Michel Basquiat completed more than 1,500 works before his death at the age of twenty-seven. His unique compositions--collages of text and gestural painting across a variety of media--quickly made him one of the most important and widely known artists of the 1980s. Reading Basquiat provides a new approach to understanding the range and impact of Basquiat's practice, as well as its complex relationship to several key artistic and ideological debates of the late twentieth century, including the instability of identity, the role of appropriation, and the boundaries of expressionism. Jordana Moore Saggese argues that Basquiat, once known as "the Black ... Read more
Jean-Michel Basquiat completed more than 1,500 works before his death at the age of twenty-seven. His unique compositions--collages of text and gestural painting across a variety of media--quickly made him one of the most important and widely known artists of the 1980s. Reading Basquiat provides a new approach to understanding the range and impact of Basquiat's practice, as well as its complex relationship to several key artistic and ideological debates of the late twentieth century, including the instability of identity, the role of appropriation, and the boundaries of expressionism. Jordana Moore Saggese argues that Basquiat, once known as "the Black ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520276246
SKU
V9780520276246
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About Jordana Moore Saggese
Jordana Moore Saggese is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art in the Visual Studies Program at California College of the Arts.
Reviews for Reading Basquiat: Exploring Ambivalence in American Art
"Amply illustrated . . . a lucid account that encourages the reader to look with refreshed eyes at the richness of the artist's work."
Times Higher Education
"Offers a compelling analysis that reveals and elucidates the complex language systems and cultural discourses at play in Basquiat’s work."
Art Practical
"In four chapters, the author gives the ... Read more
Times Higher Education
"Offers a compelling analysis that reveals and elucidates the complex language systems and cultural discourses at play in Basquiat’s work."
Art Practical
"In four chapters, the author gives the ... Read more