Jean-Michel Basquiat - Böcker

An oversize, faux-leather-bound volume presenting a focused selection of Basquiat's energized depictions of heads and facesAmong the most recognizable motifs of Jean-Michel Basquiat's oeuvre is the human head. Whether colorful, bald, crowned or simply disquieting, his expressive approach evokes the skeletal aspects of these faces, reminding us of the skull beneath the skin: a memento mori for the modern age. The Head—The Mind explores the artist's fascination with the head as a vessel of identity, emotion and intellect, expressed through raw, gestural lines that capture the tension between inner thought and outward expression. Introduced by Sophia Herivaux, Basquiat's niece, this selection of portraits is interspersed with quotes from interviews and other primary sources, delving into the logic of his works' bold color, energy and cryptic symbolism. Featuring a faux leather cover with a tipped-in image, black endpapers and book block, a ribbon bookmark and more, this Basquiat volume is made to be admired both inside and out.Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–88) is one of the most successful Black visual artists in history, despite his brief career. He emerged on the New York City arts scene in the late 1970s and quickly skyrocketed to international fame, becoming one of the most important artists of his generation. Basquiat's work and legacy continue to influence popular culture, especially art, music and fashion.

Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88) was one of the most important artists of the 1980s. A key figure in the New York art scene, he inventively explored the interplay between words and images throughout his career, first as a member of SAMO, a graffiti group active on the Lower East Side in the late 1970s, and then as a painter acclaimed for his unmistakable Neoexpressionist style. From 1980 to 1987, he filled numerous working notebooks with drawings and handwritten texts. This facsimile edition reproduces the pages of eight of these fascinating and rarely seen notebooks for the first time. The notebooks are filled with images and words that recur in Basquiat's paintings and other works. Iconic drawings and pictograms of crowns, teepees, and hatch-marked hearts share space with handwritten texts, including notes, observations, and poems that often touch on culture, race, class, and life in New York. Like his other work, the notebooks vividly demonstrate Basquiat's deep interests in comic, street, and pop art, hip-hop, politics, and the ephemera of urban life.They also provide an intimate look at the working process of one of the most creative forces in contemporary American art.

A collection of essential quotations and other writings from artist and icon Jean-Michel BasquiatOne of the most important artists of the late twentieth century, Jean-Michel Basquiat explored the interplay of words and images throughout his career as a celebrated painter with an instantly recognizable style. In his paintings, notebooks, and interviews, he showed himself to be a powerful and creative writer and speaker as well as image-maker. Basquiat-isms is a collection of essential quotations from this godfather of urban culture. In these brief, compelling, and memorable selections, taken from his interviews as well as his visual and written works, Basquiat writes and speaks about culture, his artistic persona, the art world, artistic influence, race, urban life, and many other subjects. Concise, direct, forceful, poetic, and enigmatic, Basquiat’s words, like his art, continue to resonate.Select quotations from the book:"I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.""I think there are a lot of people that are neglected in art, I don’t know if it’s because of who made the paintings or what, but, um . . . black people are never really portrayed realistically or I mean not even portrayed in modern art.""Since I was 17, I thought I might be a star.""The more I paint the more I like everything.""I think I make art for myself, but ultimately I think I make it for the world."

Shadows on the wallNoises down the hallLife doesn't frighten me at all Maya Angelou's brave, defiant poem celebrates the courage within each of us, young and old. From the scary thought of panthers in the park to the unsettling scene of a new classroom, fearsome images are summoned and dispelled by the power of faith in ourselves.Angelou's strong words are matched by the daring vision of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose childlike style reveals the powerful emotions and fanciful imaginings of childhood. Together, Angelou's words and Basquiat's paintings create a place where every child, indeed every person, may experience his or her own fearlessness.Celebrating its successful 25 years in print, this brilliant introduction to poetry and contemporary art features brief, updated biographies of Angelou and Basquiat, an afterword from the editor, and a fresh new look. A selected bibliography of Angelou's books and a selected museum listing of Basquiat's works open the door to further inspiration through the fine arts. |Shadows on the wall Noises down the hall Life doesn't frighten me at all Maya Angelou's brave, defiant poem celebrates the courage within each of us, young and old. From the scary thought of panthers in the park to the unsettling scene of a new classroom, fearsome images are summoned and dispelled by the power of faith in ourselves. Angelou's strong words are matched by the daring vision of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose childlike style reveals the powerful emotions and fanciful imaginings of childhood. Together, Angelou's words and Basquiat's paintings create a place where every child, indeed every person, may experience his or her own fearlessness. In this brilliant introduction to poetry and contemporary art, brief biographies of Angelou and Basquiat accompany the text and artwork, focusing on the strengths they took from their lives and brought to their work. A selected bibliography of Angelou's books and a selected museum listing of Basquiat's/b>, works open the door to further inspiration through the fine arts.

Jean-Michel Basquiat's raw and colourful graffiti style artwork is reproduced here for our museum quality notecard collection.Our best-selling QuickNotes are smaller than notecards but large enough to convey personal greetings, thank-yous and invitations.20 notecards5 each of 4 images20 envelopesMagnetic closureSturdy, reuseable box, ideal for keepsakesBox measures 120 x 142 x 36 mm.

Jean-Michel Basquiat's raw and colourful graffiti style artwork is reproduced here for our museum quality notecard collection.Our FlipTop Notecard box notecards are full colour and large enough to convey personal greetings, thank-yous and invitations.20 notecards, 4 each of 5 images20 envelopesMagnetic closureSturdy, reusable box, ideal for keepsakes

Jean-Michel Basquiat's raw and colourful graffiti style artwork is reproduced here for our museum quality notecard collection.Our new Mini FlipTop Notecard box notecards are full colour and large enough to convey personal greetings, thank-yous and invitations.16 notecards, 8 each of 2 images16 envelopesMagnetic closureSturdy, reuseable box, ideal for keepsakesBox measures 95 x 95 x 31 mm

Jean-Michel Basquiat's bold collage work titled: Untitled (Crown), 1982 is reproduced in our luxurious Mini Notebook with black edge pages. Our Mini Notebooks are full colour hardcover pocket sized books featuring special features like black edge accents. The paper is lightly printed with a dot-grid, perfect for note taking, list making and doodling.Little, hardcover journal with the bold art of Jean-Michel Basquiat120 pages with black edging and lay-flat designDot-grid interior pagesMini size, 127 x 89 mm

Jean-Michel Basquiat's stark and bold work titled: Pez Dispenser from 1984 is reproduced in our luxurious Mini Notebook with yellow edge pages.Our Mini Notebooks are full colour hardcover pocket sized books featuring special features like bright edge accents. The paper is lightly printed with a dot-grid, perfect for note taking, list making and doodling.120 pages, lightly printed with a dot-gridPortable size 127 x 89 mmHardcoverVery portable and eye-catching in lots of designs. We love Jean-Michel Basquiat's Dinosaur.

Jean-Michel Basquiat's bold, grafitti style work titled: Mitchell Crew from 1983 is reproduced in our luxe hardcover Mini Notebook with black edge pages. Our Mini Notebooks are full colour hardcover pocket sized books featuring special features like painted edge accents. The paper is lightly printed with a dot-grid, perfect for note taking, list making and doodling. Very portable and eye-catching in lots of designs. We love Jean-Michel Basquiat's Skull (Mitchell Crew) art.

Pez Dispenser, 1984 by Jean-Michel Basquiat covers this useful mini-sized clipboard and notepad, bringing fine art to this useful object.

Jean-Michel Basquiat's bold work titled: In Italian, 1983 is reproduced in our luxurious Mini Sticky Book with hardcover. Our latest Mini Sticky Book is a portable hardcover containing a full-colour sticky notepad for easy note and list-taking at home or on the road.Durable, pocket-sized, hardcover notepadCardstock and fabric inside pocket for business cards, cash, receipts, stamps, etc.130 full-colour illustrated note sheetsBook measures 89 x 127 mmWe choose the best images from well-known classic and contemporary fine artists, plus talented emerging illustrators and designers from around the globe.

Hollywood Africans, a famed painting from the brilliantly expressive Jean-Michel Basquiat is faithfully reproduced here on our A5 Notebooks — in full colour, as it's meant to be seen. We are proud to have this special art as part of our collection for office, school and home and priced to make his work accessible to many.Our portable, soft-covered paperback notebook has full-color artwork on the front and back cover by the best illustrators and artists from around the world. 140 pages of 5mm. dot-grid paper is an excellent canvas for bullet journaling, list-making, all forms of writing and doodling. Bring it everywhere you go. Handsome exposed, section-sewn binding means the notebook lies flat when open on any page.Soft-covered paperback notebookFull-colour artwork on front and back cover140, 5mm. dot-grid printed pagesExposed, section-sewn bindingLays flatMeasures: 209 x 146mm.

8-Pen Set, 8 ball point pens with black ink, housed in a sleek cigarette-case style box with magnetic closure.