Basquiat Artist's Books Comprehensive retrospective in celebration of

Comprehensive retrospective in celebration of the artist’s fiftieth birthday

Giasco Bertoli

and onward in the search for a better life

I made thousands of photos of these courts

an archaeology of dispossession

Basquiat Artist's Books Comprehensive retrospective in celebration ofComprehensive retrospective in celebration of the artists fiftieth birthday. American artist Jean Michel Basquiat (19601988) quickly became one of art historys most luminescent personalities; his friendships with Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Madonna, as well as his tragic death at the age of twenty seven, are the stuff of legend. This retrospective publication traces the artists unique career and pinpoints his important position in art history.