Jean Michel Basquiat

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: A truly great artist, and one who challenges the assumptions of tiresome white males and their pointless agendas of culture, this is a wonderful collection.

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Summary: Awesome book
Review: Absolutely beautiful book of the work of an incredibly artist. Highly recommended!

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Summary: An incredibly informative catalog of some of Basquiat's work
Review: After discovering Basquiat a year ago through a black art history survery class I took, I was simply blown away by his work. As a result, I did a graduate paper on him. Anyone who has any knowledge of black art with respect to racism and the use of symblols in art which relate to one's culture, oppression, genocide, etc. could surely see the important messages floating throughout Basquiat's work. If everyone painted like the "master's"--oh what a boring world and perception of life that would be. If you love Basquiat like I do, read the biography by Hoban, watch the film "Basquiat" starring Jeffrey Wright as Jean Michel--who looks sooo much like him, and listen to the sound track afterwards. Very moving stuff!

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Summary: Basquiat was a true ARTIST!
Review: Basquiat cared a lot and thought a lot about his work. His work has a lot of meaning! This book tells you exactly why. Anyone who is ignorant enough to call Basquiat's work a JOKE, is totally ignorant and obviously has no idea of what integrity is or even what an artist is. Basquiat put his life into his work. That used to be what artists did.....

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Summary: basquiat comes to life in vivid color
Review: Basquiat is one of my favorite artists. I was first captivated by his works that were used in conjunction with Mya Angelou's poem Life Don't Frigten Me None. I was entranced by his art! I looked all over for a book that would give me a retrospective of his art. I found it. This book is wonderful. Great color great art work. Check it out. You'll Dig it too.

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Summary: basquiat comes to life in vivid color
Review: Basquiat is one of my favorite artists. I was first captivated by his works that were used in conjunction with Mya Angelou's poem Life Don't Frigten Me None. I was entranced by his art! I looked all over for a book that would give me a retrospective of his art. I found it. This book is wonderful. Great color great art work. Check it out. You'll Dig it too.

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Summary: FAST FORGET TUPA KNOWS
Review: I am not convinced that this is the BEST Jean Michel Basquiat retrospective catalogue to date...but the work selected for this publication is certainly consistently better than most others published before or after this one. Basquiats peak of productivity was from1981-83 and much of that work is catalogued here..But the dissapointment is that many of his last works (circa 1988) will not be found here....but in the more extensive Basquiat catalogue published by the Tony Shafrazi Gallery.
There are also a few images here that will make you wonder why they were selected and some of the text seems to over emphesize  
the fact that Basquiat died of a DRUG OVERDOSE.
You can skip the text or consider it ....it's the work that counts in the end!

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Summary: a necessity for all fans
Review: i looked at this book everyday for about two years. the material seems to be thorough and complete and shows a wide range of his work. the works included will keep your appetite full. two crowns up.

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Summary: Another Man's Treasure
Review: If you are looking for a wonderful combination of Basquiat's work and biography, this is the book to own. This book is full of many beautiful color plates of his work, as well as the story of his short, successful, but tragic life as an artist who had his brief moment in the sun before succumbing to the drugs.

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Summary: Basquiat at its Best
Review: If you are looking for a wonderful combination of Basquiat's work and biography, this is the book to own. This book is full of many beautiful color plates of his work, as well as the story of his short, successful, but tragic life as an artist who had his brief moment in the sun before succumbing to the drugs.