Jean-Michel Basquiat - Glenn O'Brien Exclusive and Akira Mizuta Lippit

and Akira Mizuta Lippit

We also learn about his powerful campaigns against the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS

The monograph highlights Pindell’s work in painting

The book begins with an essay providing an in-depth look at the MCA's collection and its history

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Jean-Michel Basquiat - Glenn O'Brien Exclusive and Akira Mizuta LippitA superbly produced retrospective on the luminous career of Jean Michel Basquiat The first African American artist to attain art superstardom, Jean Michel Basquiat (1960 1988) created a huge oeuvre of drawings and paintings (Julian Schnabel recalls him once accidentally leaving a portfolio of about 2,000 drawings on a subway car) in the space of just eight years. Through his street roots in graffiti, Basquiat helped to establish new possibilities for