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"This comprehensive survey should be required reading for contemporary art and African American history connoisseurs alike." * Publishers Weekly *

"If Basquiat’s ultimate fate in the annals of art history remains unknown, it is Saggese’s Reader to which the future will turn for guidance as she expertly maps out the historical territory."

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT IN HIS OWN WORDS
Interview by Marc H. Miller, 1982
Interview by Henry Geldzahler, 1982
Interview by Lisa Licitra Ponti, 1983
Interview by Geoff Dunlop and Sandy Nairne, 1985
Interview by Becky Johnston and Tamra Davis, 1985
Interview by Démosthènes Davvetas, 1985–1988
Interview by Isabelle Graw, 1986

BASQUIAT'S LANGUAGE
Texts by Jean-Michel Basquiat

CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM AND COMMENTARY
The Radiant Child
Rene Ricard, 1981

Schnabel and Basquiat: Explosions and Chaos
Hunter Drohojowska, 1982

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jeffrey Deitch, 1982

Jean-Michel Basquiat at Annina Nosei
Lisa Liebmann, 1982

Jean-Michel Basquiat at Fun Gallery
Susan Hapgood, 1983

Black Picasso and the Lie Detector
Diego Cortez, 1983

New Kid on the (Auction) Block
Ellen Lubell, 1984

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Kate Linker, 1984

Jean-Michel Basquiat at Boone/Werner
Nicolas A. Moufarrege, 1984

New Art, New Money: The Marketing of an American Artist
Cathleen McGuigan, 1985

Activating Heaven: The Incantatory Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Robert Farris Thompson, 1985

Art: Basquiat, Warhol
Vivien Raynor, 1985

Andy Warhol/Jean-Michel Basquiat
Robert Mahoney, 1985

Andy Warhol/Jean-Michel Basquiat
Ronald Jones, 1986

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Barry Schwabsky, 1986

KNOWING BASQUIAT
Interviews by Jordana Moore Saggese

Michael Holman, 2007
Suzanne Mallouk, 2008
Bruno Bischofberger, 2010
Robert Farris Thompson, 2011
Dieter Buchhart, 2019
Erika Belle, 2019
Diego Cortez, 2019

THE AFTERLIFE OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
Jean Basquiat, 27, an Artist of Words and Angular Images
Constance L. Hays, 1988

Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1960–1988
Hilton Als, 1988

Martyr without a Cause
Peter Schjeldahl, 1988

Remembering Basquiat
Keith Haring, 1988

Requiem for a Featherweight: The Sad Story of an Artist's Success
Robert Hughes, 1988

New York: More Post-Modern Than Primitive
Gregory Galligan, 1988

Saint Jean-Michel
Frederick Ted Castle, 1989

Nobody Loves a Genius Child: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lonesome Flyboy in the '80s Art Boom Buttermilk
Greg Tate, 1989

Welcome to the Terrordome: Jean-Michel Basquiat and the "Dark" Side of Hybridity
Dick Hebdige, 1992

Royal Slumming: Jean-Michel Basquiat Here Below
Thomas McEvilley, 1992

Altars of Sacrifice: Re-membering Basquiat
bell hooks, 1993

A Day at the Races: Lorraine O’Grady on Basquiat and the Black Art World
Lorraine O’Grady, 1993

Tip-Tapping on a Tightrope
Franklin Sirmans, 1994

Famous and Dandy like B. 'n' Andy: Race, Pop, and Basquiat
José Esteban Muñoz, 1996

Lost in Translation: Jean-Michel in the (Re)Mix
Kellie Jones, 2005

Basquiat's Poetics
Christopher Stackhouse, 2015

Chronology
List of Illustration Credits
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 02/03/2021
      ISBN13: 9780520305168, 978-0520305168
      ISBN10: 0520305167

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "This comprehensive survey should be required reading for contemporary art and African American history connoisseurs alike." * Publishers Weekly *

      "If Basquiat’s ultimate fate in the annals of art history remains unknown, it is Saggese’s Reader to which the future will turn for guidance as she expertly maps out the historical territory."

      * Rain Taxi Review of Books *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction

      JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT IN HIS OWN WORDS
      Interview by Marc H. Miller, 1982
      Interview by Henry Geldzahler, 1982
      Interview by Lisa Licitra Ponti, 1983
      Interview by Geoff Dunlop and Sandy Nairne, 1985
      Interview by Becky Johnston and Tamra Davis, 1985
      Interview by Démosthènes Davvetas, 1985–1988
      Interview by Isabelle Graw, 1986

      BASQUIAT'S LANGUAGE
      Texts by Jean-Michel Basquiat

      CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM AND COMMENTARY
      The Radiant Child
      Rene Ricard, 1981

      Schnabel and Basquiat: Explosions and Chaos
      Hunter Drohojowska, 1982

      Jean-Michel Basquiat
      Jeffrey Deitch, 1982

      Jean-Michel Basquiat at Annina Nosei
      Lisa Liebmann, 1982

      Jean-Michel Basquiat at Fun Gallery
      Susan Hapgood, 1983

      Black Picasso and the Lie Detector
      Diego Cortez, 1983

      New Kid on the (Auction) Block
      Ellen Lubell, 1984

      Jean-Michel Basquiat
      Kate Linker, 1984

      Jean-Michel Basquiat at Boone/Werner
      Nicolas A. Moufarrege, 1984

      New Art, New Money: The Marketing of an American Artist
      Cathleen McGuigan, 1985

      Activating Heaven: The Incantatory Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat
      Robert Farris Thompson, 1985

      Art: Basquiat, Warhol
      Vivien Raynor, 1985

      Andy Warhol/Jean-Michel Basquiat
      Robert Mahoney, 1985

      Andy Warhol/Jean-Michel Basquiat
      Ronald Jones, 1986

      Jean-Michel Basquiat
      Barry Schwabsky, 1986

      KNOWING BASQUIAT
      Interviews by Jordana Moore Saggese

      Michael Holman, 2007
      Suzanne Mallouk, 2008
      Bruno Bischofberger, 2010
      Robert Farris Thompson, 2011
      Dieter Buchhart, 2019
      Erika Belle, 2019
      Diego Cortez, 2019

      THE AFTERLIFE OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
      Jean Basquiat, 27, an Artist of Words and Angular Images
      Constance L. Hays, 1988

      Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1960–1988
      Hilton Als, 1988

      Martyr without a Cause
      Peter Schjeldahl, 1988

      Remembering Basquiat
      Keith Haring, 1988

      Requiem for a Featherweight: The Sad Story of an Artist's Success
      Robert Hughes, 1988

      New York: More Post-Modern Than Primitive
      Gregory Galligan, 1988

      Saint Jean-Michel
      Frederick Ted Castle, 1989

      Nobody Loves a Genius Child: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lonesome Flyboy in the '80s Art Boom Buttermilk
      Greg Tate, 1989

      Welcome to the Terrordome: Jean-Michel Basquiat and the "Dark" Side of Hybridity
      Dick Hebdige, 1992

      Royal Slumming: Jean-Michel Basquiat Here Below
      Thomas McEvilley, 1992

      Altars of Sacrifice: Re-membering Basquiat
      bell hooks, 1993

      A Day at the Races: Lorraine O’Grady on Basquiat and the Black Art World
      Lorraine O’Grady, 1993

      Tip-Tapping on a Tightrope
      Franklin Sirmans, 1994

      Famous and Dandy like B. 'n' Andy: Race, Pop, and Basquiat
      José Esteban Muñoz, 1996

      Lost in Translation: Jean-Michel in the (Re)Mix
      Kellie Jones, 2005

      Basquiat's Poetics
      Christopher Stackhouse, 2015

      Chronology
      List of Illustration Credits
      Index

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