Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art (Revised Edition)
Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art (Revised Edition) by Phoebe Hoban, published by Penguin Books on October 19, 2004, offers a comprehensive biography of the influential painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. This 416-page work explores Basquiat’s journey from a teenage graffiti artist to a prominent figure in the art world, ultimately detailing his tragic death at the age of twenty-seven. The book delves into his challenging upbringing and the complexities of navigating the predominantly white art market, providing insight into the dynamics that shaped his career.
Readers will find an in-depth examination of the 1980s art scene, highlighting the rise and fall of the graffiti movement and the East Village art community. Hoban’s narrative not only chronicles Basquiat’s meteoric success but also serves as a critical analysis of the art market during that era, including the role of auction houses and collectors. This edition presents a vivid portrayal of both the artist and the cultural landscape of his time, making it a significant contribution to the understanding of Basquiat’s legacy.
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Painter Jean-Michel Basquiat was the Jimi Hendrix of the art world: in less than a decade he went from being a teenage graffiti writer to an international art star; he was dead of a drug overdose at age twenty-seven. Phoebe Hoban’s Basquiat, the first biography of this charismatic figure, charts the trajectory from the artist’s troubled childhood to his volatile passage through the white art world of dealers and nouveau-riche collectors, chronicling the meteoric success and overnight burnout that made him an instant art-world myth.
As much the portrait of an era as the portrait of an artist, Basquiat is an incisive expose of the eighties art market that paints a vivid picture of the rise and fall of the graffiti movement, the East Village art scene, and the out-of-control auction houses. Ten years after the artist’s death, Basquiat resurrects both the painter and his time.
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