{"product_id":"basquiat-by-leonhard-emmerling-9783836559799","title":"Basquiat","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn icon of 1980s New York, \u003cstrong\u003eJean-Michel Basquiat\u003c\/strong\u003e (1960-1988) first made his name under the graffiti tag \"SAMO\", before establishing his studio practice and catapulting to fast fame at the age of 20. Although his career lasted barely a decade, he remains a cult figure of \u003cstrong\u003eartistic social commentary\u003c\/strong\u003e and a trailblazer in the mediation of \u003cstrong\u003egraffiti and gallery art\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBasquiat's work drew upon diverse sources and media to create an original and urgent artistic vocabulary, biting with critique against structures of \u003cstrong\u003epower and racism\u003c\/strong\u003e. His practice merged abstraction and figuration, poetry and painting, while his influences spanned \u003cstrong\u003eGreek, Roman, and African art\u003c\/strong\u003e, French poetry, jazz, and the work of artistic contemporaries such as Andy Warhol and Cy Twombly. The results are vivid, visceral mixtures of words, African emblems, cartoonish figures, daubs of bold colour, and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBasquiat\u003c\/em\u003e presents Basquiat's short but prolific career, his unique style, and his profound engagement with ever-relevant issues of integration and segregation, poverty and wealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430112542956,"sku":"9783836559799","price":45.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783836559799.jpg?v=1774559713","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/basquiat-by-leonhard-emmerling-9783836559799","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}