JEAN-MICHAEL BASQUIAT 1981: The Studio of the Street
Charta / Deitch, 2007. Jean-Michael Basquiat. 1st edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, 2007. Fine. 4to., 248 pp., still in original publishers shrink wrap. Fine / Fine. Item #26774
ISBN: 8881586258
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.
Price: $250.00