Ebook: Basquiat: a Quick Killing in Art

Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: Basquiat Lives; Preface; Chapter One Overdosing on Art; Chapter Two The Not-So-Brave New Art World; Chapter Three Samo is Born; Chapter Four Graffiti Bridge; Chapter Five New York Beat; Chapter Six Lower East Side Glamor Queens; Chapter Seven New York/New Wave/New Career; Chapter Eight Dungeons and Dragons; Chapter Nine Crosby Street: Up There; Chapter Ten The Pig Merchant; Chapter Eleven Go-Going with Larry; Chapter Twelve To Repel Ghosts; Chapter Thirteen Maos and Cash Cows: Bruno Bischofberger's Art of Commerce.;A New York Times Notable Book: This national bestseller is a vivid biography of the meteoric rise and tragic death of art star Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter Jean-Michel Basquiat was the Jimi Hendrix of the art world. In less than a decade, he went from being a teenage graffiti artist to an international art star; he was dead of a drug overdose at age twenty-seven. Basquiat's brief career spanned the giddy 1980s art boom and epitomized its outrageous excess. A legend in his own lifetime, Basquiat was a fixture of the downtown scene, a wild nexus of music, fashion, art, and drugs. Along the way, the artist got involved with many of the period's most celebrated personalities, from his friendships with Keith Haring and Andy Warhol to his brief romantic fling with Madonna. Nearly thirty years after his death, Basquiat's story--and his art--continue to resonate and inspire. Posthumously, Basquiat is more successful than ever, with international retrospectives, critical acclaim, and multimillion dollar sales. Widely considered to be a major twentieth-century artist, Basquiat's work has permeated the culture, from hip-hop shout-outs to a plethora of products. A definitive biography of this charismatic figure, Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art is as much a portrait of the era as a portrait of the artist; an incisive exposé 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 art galleries and auction houses that fueled his meteoric career. Basquiat resurrects both the painter and his time.