An exploration of the personal and artistic connections between two icons of twentieth-century art
Keith Haring (1958-1990) and Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) changed the art world of the 1980s through their idiosyncratic imagery, radical ideas, and complex sociopolitical commentary. Each artist invented a distinct visual language, employing signs, symbols, and words to convey strong messages in unconventional ways, and each left an indelible legacy that remains a force in contemporary visual and popular culture. Offering fascinating new insights into the artists- work, Keith Haring Jean-Michel Basquiat reveals the many intersections among Haring and Basquiat-s lives, ideas, and practices.
This lavishly illustrated volume brings together more than two hundred images-works created in public spaces, paintings, sculptures, objects, works on paper, photographs, and more. These rich visuals are accompanied by essays and interviews from renowned scholars,
