§16§JeanMichel Basquiat is one of the few artists who have achieved mythic status. His work is instantly recognizable; like Picasso, Warhol or Frida Kahlo, his look is imprinted on our psyche.Desperately Seeking Basquiat lets readers explore the most significant locations of his life. We learn that he wasn't from the ghetto, but from the respectable, professional middle class ParkSlope neighborhood in Brooklyn. He spent time in his mother's native Puerto Rico as a child. He went to a private school for a few years. And then, yes, he ran away from home and lived withthe junkies sleeping rough in Washington Square Park. Full of fascinating locations and scene photos from the heady late '70s and '80s NYC, Desperately Seeking Basquiat also featuresgreat maps, short punchy texts and insightful quotes from Basquiat's contemporaries. For anyone wanting to know more, much more, about the man behind some of the coolest, most iconic artof the 20th Century, it's indispensable.
