{"product_id":"warhol-on-basquiat-book-taschen","title":"Warhol on Basquiat Book: Friendship, Photography \u0026 1980s New York","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo of the most famous artists in New York, one camera, and a friendship that the art world still argues about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWarhol on Basquiat\u003c\/strong\u003e tells the story of \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eJean-Michel Basquiat\u003c\/strong\u003e in Warhol's own words and pictures. Produced in collaboration with \u003cstrong\u003eThe Andy Warhol Foundation\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eJean-Michel Basquiat's estate\u003c\/strong\u003e, the book explores the artists' \u003cstrong\u003ecomplex personal and professional relationship\u003c\/strong\u003e from the inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe core of it is the photography: \u003cstrong\u003ehundreds of never-before-published photographs\u003c\/strong\u003e of Basquiat taken by Warhol. Warhol photographed constantly, and here that habit becomes a record of a friendship, on the street, in the studio, at dinner, and out at night. The pictures are paired with \u003cstrong\u003eexcerpts from the legendary \u003cem\u003eAndy Warhol Diaries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, so you get Warhol's running commentary next to his images, with all the gossip, affection, and anxiety that implies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book also brings in \u003cstrong\u003erarely seen archival material\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eexamples of their collaborative artworks\u003c\/strong\u003e. The collaborations were the public face of the relationship: Warhol, the established Pop icon, and Basquiat, the young painter whose star was rising fast, working on the same canvases. Seen alongside the photographs and diary entries, those works read less like a stunt and more like a conversation between two people trying to figure each other out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderneath it all is 1980s New York, a city of galleries, restaurants, clubs, and press coverage, where fame was a material artists worked with as much as paint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vandal.la\/collections\/signals\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignals\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, this is the kind of book we love most: primary sources, real images, and a story told by someone who was in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndy Warhol (1928–1987), born Andrew Warhola Jr. in Pittsburgh, was the defining artist of American Pop Art, known for silkscreened soup cans, Marilyns and celebrity portraits. Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), born in Brooklyn to a Haitian father and a mother of Puerto Rican descent, came up through the SAMO graffiti tag in downtown Manhattan and became the breakout star of Neo-expressionism, with raw, text-heavy canvases about history, power and race.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBasquiat had once sold Warhol a postcard, but the two were properly introduced at a lunch arranged by dealer Bruno Bischofberger on October 4, 1982. Warhol took a Polaroid, and within two hours Basquiat sent back a still-wet double portrait, Dos Cabezas (1982). A close friendship followed; in 1983 Basquiat moved into a loft Warhol owned at 57 Great Jones Street. Between 1984 and 1985 they made more than 50 large collaborative works, including Olympics (1984), Taxi, 45th\/Broadway (1984–85) and Zenith (1985), with Warhol silkscreening or painting headlines, symbols and corporate logos and Basquiat painting over and around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir 1985 joint show, Paintings, at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery was panned by critics and caused a rift between them. Warhol died in February 1987 and Basquiat the following year, at 27. Together, Warhol and Basquiat remain the great case study in creative collaboration: two signatures on one surface, and Pop in conversation with the street.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy Warhol on Basquiat still matters\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWarhol on Basquiat\u003c\/strong\u003e still matters because the relationship between these two artists sits at the center of how we think about art, celebrity, and collaboration. Told through Warhol's own photographs and diaries, it becomes something more personal than legend: a document of two working artists, their friendship, and the city around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWho this book is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor artists, photographers, designers, art directors, and filmmakers who care about how images get made and who makes them. For the RIOT and vandal_ crowd drawn to downtown New York history, and for anyone who already owns a Warhol or Basquiat book and wants the story between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Warhol on Basquiat. The Iconic Relationship Told in Andy Warhol's Words and Pictures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtists:\u003c\/strong\u003e Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e TASCHEN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduced with:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Andy Warhol Foundation and Jean-Michel Basquiat's estate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/strong\u003e German, Spanish, French, English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInside:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hundreds of never-before-published photographs of Basquiat by Warhol, excerpts from the Andy Warhol Diaries, rarely seen archival material, and examples of their collaborative artworks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCategory:\u003c\/strong\u003e Art, print book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is Warhol on Basquiat about?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt explores the complex personal and professional relationship between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, told through Warhol's own photographs and diary excerpts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre the photographs new?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book features hundreds of never-before-published photographs of Basquiat taken by Warhol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat languages is the text in?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition is multilingual: German, Spanish, French, and English.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":69745005002786,"sku":"9783836525237","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/1600\/8738\/files\/b748c4315bbd55772f0c226c13579a15.png?v=1794380527","url":"https:\/\/vandal.la\/products\/warhol-on-basquiat-book-taschen","provider":"vandal_","version":"1.0","type":"link"}