![]() ![]() Widow Basquiat is refreshing, instead of seeing Basquiat as an enigmatic and cult-figure of underground art, we also witness him as a frail and vulnerable human being with a lot of faults. To be a fly on the wall during this time would have been very interesting. New York City in the early 80’s was the era of early hip hop, amazing Post-Punk and New Wave music, and an electrifying avante-garde art scene, in the form of Andy Warhol and others such as Basquiat. ![]() This biography is stirring and evocative of a time and a place. This is a strikingly different biography that is written in short, lyrical and poetic chapters about the life of an iconic American artist, whose life was cut short by drugs, Jean-Michel Basquiat. If you are expecting a stock-standard art biography you are in for surprise. A mesmerising portrayal of New York City’s art scene in the early 80s and one its luminaries: Jean-Michel Basquiat seen through the eyes of his partner Suzanne Mallouk. ![]()
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