Jean-Michel Basquiat by Eleanor Nairne

Jean-Michel Basquiat by Eleanor Nairne

A condensed edition of the best-selling Basquiat monograph. Pristine reproductions of Basquiats seminal paintings, drawings, and notebook sketches, as well as texts by editor Hans Werner Holzwarth and curator and art historian Eleanor Nairne, bring us up close and personal to a legend synonymous with 1980s New York.

“I don’t think about art when I’m workingI try to think about life.” * Jean-Michel Basquiat *
“The most complete monograph on Basquiat that exists.” * El País *
“A must have... Exceptional reproductions of his most important paintings, drawings and sketches, to be shared with lovers of Basquiat’s raw art.” * vogue.com *
“A cult object composed of exceptional reproductions of Basquiat's most important paintings, drawings, and sketches.” * Vogue *

Eleanor Nairne is a curator at the Barbican Art Gallery. She has worked on a number of critically acclaimed exhibitions and publications, including Basquiat: Boom for Real (2017) and Imran Qureshi: Where the Shadows are so Deep (2016). Prior to the Barbican, she was curator of the Artangel Collection at Tate. She is a regular catalogue essayist, a writer for frieze, and a previous Jerwood Writer in Residence. Hans Werner Holzwarth is a book designer and editor specializing in contemporary art and photography. His TASCHEN publications include the Collector’s Editions Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool, Albert Oehlen, Neo Rauch, Ai Weiwei, Beatriz Milhazes, Julian Schnabel, Georg Baselitz, Glenn Brown, the David Hockney SUMO A Bigger Book, as well as monographs such as the XXL-sized Jean-Michel Basquiat.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9783836580922
ISBN 10	3836580926
Title	Jean-Michel Basquiat
Author	Eleanor Nairne
Series	45th Edition
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Taschen GmbH
Year published	2020-07-03
Number of pages	512
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.