Seeing loud : Basquiat and music / edited by Vincent Bessieres, Dieter Buchhart, Mary-Dailey Desmarais ; exhibition curators, Vincent Bessieres (guest curator), Dieter Buchhart (guest curator), Mary-Dailey Desmarais (chief curator, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
"This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition Seeing Loud: Basquiat and Music, organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Musee de la Musique - Philharmonie de Paris. ... The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, from October 15, 2022 to February 19, 2023; ... Cite de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris, from April 6 to July 30, 2023"--Title page verso. "This book is published by the Publishing Department of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in association with Gallimard, in conjunction with the exhibition Seeing Loud: Basquiat and Music."--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
Documents the first major multimedia exhibition devoted to the role of music in Jean-Michel Basquiat's work- Accompanies an exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from October 2022 - February 2023 and Cite de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris, March - July 2023During the late 1970s and early 1980s, New York City was financially and socially bankrupt, but the art and music scene was flourishing. During these years, the downtown New York music scene - no wave, hip-hop, disco funk and club culture - shaped Jean-Michel Basquiat as both a musician and an artist. This catalog for a traveling exhibition explores how Basquiat's painting has parallels in his music (sampling, cut-up, rapping), and takes a new look at his production as a writer and a poet in light of his connections with the then-emerging hip-hop culture. This beautifully illustrated exhibition catalog of rarely seen photographs and images sheds new light on Basquiat as a musician, exploring how his art and music are related, and how they reflect on his identity as a Black artist in the United States, the downtown New York music scene, and contemporary culture.
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