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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Boston :
Little, Brown and Company,
[2016]
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| 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. |
Hesburgh Library General Collection
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N 6537 .B233 S84 2016
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