Basquiats Defacement: The Untold Story. LaBouvier, Almiron 9780892075485 New**

Name: Basquiats Defacement: The Untold Story. LaBouvier, Almiron 9780892075485 New**
Brand: Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S.

Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S.

Basquiats Defacement: The Untold StoryAuthor(s): Chaedria LaBouvier, Johanna F. Almiron\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S., United States\nImprint: Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9780892075485, 978-0892075485\nSynopsis\nAn exploration of a formative chapter in Basquiats brief career through the lens of his identity and the role of cultural activism in New York City during the early years of the 1980s\n\n Jean-Michel Basquiat painted Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart) 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. Published to accompany a focused exhibition of Basquiats response to anti-black racism and police brutality, this catalogue explores a chapter in the artists career through both the lens of his identity and the Lower East Side as a nexus of activism in the early 1980s.\n\n With an .