Basquiat's Defacement
168 pages2019Guggenheim Museum, Solomon R.ISBN 9780892075485
Basquiat, jean-michel, 1961-1988ExhibitionsPolitical and social viewsPolice brutalityArtRacismAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsExpositions20.54 American art
About this book
Jean-Michel Basquiat painted 'Defacement' (The Death of Michael Stewart) in 1983 to commemorate the death of a young, black artist who died from injuries sustained while in police custody after being arrested for allegedly tagging a New York City subway station. Published to accompany a focused exhibition of Basquiat's response to anti-black racism and police brutality, this catalogue explores a chapter in the artist's career through both the lens of his identity and the Lower East Side as a nexus of activism in the early 1980s.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Guggenheim Museum, Solomon R.
- Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 168
- ISBN
- 9780892075485
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