Basquiat’s Defacement: The Untold Story by Chaedria LaBouvier (Paperback Book)

Basquiat’s Defacement: The Untold Story by Chaedria LaBouvier (Paperback Book)

Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S.

Police brutality, racism, graffiti and the art world of the early-1980s Lower East Side converge in one painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat\nJean-Michel Basquiat painted Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart) on the wall of Keith Haring\u2019s studio in 1983 to commemorate the death of a young black artist who died from injuries sustained while in police custody after being arrested for allegedly tagging a New York City subway station. Defacement is the starting point for the present volume, which focuses on Basquiat\u2019s response to anti-black racism and police brutality. Basquiat\u2019s \u201CDefacement\u201D: The Untold Story explores this chapter in the artist\u2019s career through both the lens of his identity and the Lower East Side as a nexus of activism in the early 1980s, an era marked by the rise of the art\n\nBasquiat\u2019s Defacement: The Untold Story\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked se;

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