{"product_id":"jean-michel-basquiat-by-himself-new-hardcover-book","title":"Jean-Michel Basquiat : By Himself - New Hardcover Book","description":"\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAn American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–88) first made a name for himself as part of a graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams on the Manhattan’s Lower East Side during the 1970s, a place and time that saw the coalescence of hip hop, punk, and street art cultures. By the 1980s, his neo-expressionist paintings were being exhibited in galleries and museums across the globe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEncompassing Basquiat’s lifelong intensive study of the self, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBasquiat: By Himself \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis dedicated to the expressive self-portraits he created. These portraits are regarded as being among the most important of his radical creative works, and the essays here examine some fifty specific portraits of himself, as well as the concealed reproductions of the artist that can be found in his series of likenesses of African American men. As this book reveals, these similarities were produced by a man who, himself affected by everyday racism, identified with the heroes, saints, and martyrs he portrayed. Within these key works, we can see Basquiat’s focus on identity, discrimination, and prejudice to capitalism, the market, and oppression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e​Featuring 120 color images, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBasquiat: By Himself\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first book to examine the central position Basquiat’s self-portraits hold within his oeuvre and sheds new light on the works of this intriguing artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Shuga Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42682661470406,"sku":"9783777432991","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1377\/6983\/products\/71UKwLdYjPL.jpg?v=1683493039","url":"https:\/\/www.shugarecords.com\/products\/jean-michel-basquiat-by-himself-new-hardcover-book","provider":"Shuga Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}