Radiant child : the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat /

Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in t...

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Main Author: Steptoe, Javaka, 1971- (Author, Artist)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Caldecott medal.
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Summary:Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young readers to the powerful message that art doesn't always have to be neat or clean--and definitely not inside the lines--to be beautiful.

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Call Number: N 6537 .B233 S84 2016
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