Description
Book SynopsisProvides 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.
Trade Review"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 artist’s work the scholarly and historical attention it rightly deserves while contributing to the fields of American art, African American art, contemporary art, and diaspora art." * Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Reading Jean-Michel Basquiat 1. "The Black Picasso": Jean-Michel Basquiat and Questions of Race 2. Creativity Found and Made 3. The Language of Expressionism Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations Index
