- Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Australia (30 Sep 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140236090
- ISBN-13: 978-0140236095
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.6 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,566,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The tragic story of the talented painter Jean-Michel Basquiat details his turbulent childhood, explosive dealings with the elite art world, relationships with such figures as Andy Warhol and Madonna, and rise to fame, which led to his death from a drug overdose at the age of twenty-seven. Reprint. NYT.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
White on Black on White,
By heather@murphy21.totalserve.co.uk (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Basquiat: The Life and Death of an Art Star (Paperback)
Hoban delivers a moving though somewhat detatched account of the black genius who took the lilly-white art world by storm, simultaneously casting light and despair on the obsessively overblown art markets of the 1980's which catapulted Basquiat to overnight fame. Hoban, though seemingly not emotionally attached to his work, provides a clearer and more objective illustration of Basaquiats fragmented existence and his deterioration into excess than most.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
could have been so much better...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Basquiat (Hardcover)
i was overjoyed to see a biography on basquiat finally in print. however i was sorely disappointed in the product itself. ms. hoban talks around basquiat through the majority of the book as opposed to talking about him. also there is a great deal of condescension directed at the subject by the author. ms. hoban seems to have researched her subject thoroughly. but her account has glaring inconsistencies with previously published biographical material. which she neglects to even address. let alone clear up.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Almost as great as his art...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Basquiat (Hardcover)
This book is an amazing view into the world that Jean-Michel lived in... It shows all his glories and his pitfalls and it shows how both equally "made" and "broke" him as an artist as a person. A few places were a little dry, but for the most part, the book was amazing and i was sad to see it end. Jean-Michel lived the "good" life and Hoban portrays all that he saw and did - almost from his eyes... A great read... even if you aren't a fan of Basquit.
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