JeanMichel Basquiat Author:Robert Farris Thompson, Renee Ricard Featuring foldouts, candid photographs, and full-page color installation shots, this beautiful new book celebrates the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat over his brief but meteoric career. Dozens of historical photographs, both black-and-white and color, connect the text with the close to sixty color plates, providing invaluable insight into the life... more » and work of this seminal artist. Art historian Robert Farris Thompson delivers a detailed analysis of some of Basquiat?s most iconic paintings, situating them within the artist?s own oeuvre, as well as the larger landscape of twentieth-century art. Rounding out this stunning volume, the late Rene Ricard provides a rare but accurate glimpse into the private world of Basquiat, recounting their sometimes fraught friendship, from their first meeting in 1981 to Basquiat?s death in 1988.« less