in 1981 jean-michel basquiat made the momentous transition from the street to the studio. he had already attracted considerable attention with his times square show and diego cortez's new york/new wave at p.s. 1 when, at the age of 20, was offered his own space for dealer annina nosei's group show "public address." between the world of spray-painted poetry and what critic peter schjeldahl called "new york big-painting aesthetics" lies a fantastic coming-of-age.
basquiat married an exuberant spontaneity and art-brut sensibility with a firm command of not only art materials but art history. he would go on to define the 80s neo-expressionist idiom, and to remain its most compelling representative.
jean-michel basquiat: 1981: the studio of the street includes paintings and drawings on everything from note cards to sheet metal to a leather jacket and conventional canvas. the book examines and shows the artist's progression from text to text-and-image, from found materials to traditional canvasses and from pure drawing to his uniquely evocative hybrid of drawing and painting.
hardcover, 9.5"w x 12"h. - 208 pages -100 color - 24 b&w.
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