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

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780316213882
  • 0316213888
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • BIO BAS
LOC classification:
  • N6537.B233 S84 2016
Summary: 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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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Biography-Juv MVS Library Main room-back corner M- Biography (Juvenile) BIO BAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4005675

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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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