Radiant child : the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat / by Javaka Steptoe
Material type: TextEdition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780316213882
- 0316213888
- BIO BAS
- N6537.B233 S84 2016
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Biography-Juv | MVS Library Main room-back corner | M- Biography (Juvenile) | BIO BAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 04/26/2024 | 4005675 |
Includes bibliographical references (t.p. verso)
Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocked to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art work 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 and art doesn't always have to be neat or clean--and definitely not inside the lines--to be beautiful
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