Bibliograph

Basquiat's Defacement, the untold story, Chaédria LaBouvier

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Basquiat's Defacement, the untold story, Chaédria LaBouvier

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Basquiat's Defacement

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1061309506

Responsibility statement

Chaédria LaBouvier

Sub title

the untold story

Summary

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

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