Jean-Michel Basquiat Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown) by Dieter Buchhart, Anna Karina Hofbauer.

Foreward by Sam Keller

Photos of Jean-Michele Basquiat by Roland Hagenberg and Lee Jaffe

Hardcover in a slipcase, 116 pages

The publication focuses on a series of 12 key works by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), created in the spring of 1983. The series draws on the subjects most important in Basquiat's oeuvre: from music, anatomy, sports and comics via work, the economy, becoming and decaying, to the history of African Americans and the history of art. The book revolves around a series of 12 key works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, created in the spring of 1983 - at the time when the artist's oeuvre was at its most complex. The "Museum Security" series raises the subjects most important in Basquiat's oeuvre, including music, anatomy, sports, comics, the economy, the history of African Americans and the history of art. His multi-layered exploration of sociopolitical issues, ranging from discrimination and prejudices to capitalism, the market and subjugation reaches its pinnacle in these paintings.