Radiant child the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocked 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...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Boston :
Little, Brown and Company,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocked 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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| Physical Description: | 1 volume unpaged : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Awards: | Caldecott Medal, 2017. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 2). |
| ISBN: | 9780316213882 0316213888 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
