Writing the future : Basquiat and the hip-hop generation
(Book)

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Writing the future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop generation, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston."

"Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: April 5 - August 2, 2020. Pérez Art Museum Miami: September 18, 2020 - February 14, 2021."

Artists include: A-One (Anthony Clark) ; Jean-Michel Basquiat ; ERO (Dominique Philbert) ; Fab 5 Freddy (Fred Brathwaite) ; Futura (Lenny McGurr), aka Futura 2000 ; Keith Haring ; Kool Koor (Charles William Hargrove Jr.) ; LA2 (Angel Ortiz), aka LAII, Little Angel, and L.A. Rock ; Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara) ; Lee Quiñones, aka Lee ; Rammellzee ; Toxic (Torrick Ablack).

Includes bibliographical references.

In the early 1980s, art and writing labeled as graffiti transitioned from New York City walls and subway trains onto canvas and into art galleries. Young artists who freely sampled from their urban experiences and their largely black, Latino and immigrant histories infused the downtown art scene with expressionist, pop and graffiti-inspired compositions. Jean-Michel Basquiat was among the best known of these emerging artists. He and his fellow creators - including A-One, ERO, Fab 5 Freddy, Futura, Keith Haring, Kool Koor, LA2, Lady Pink, Lee Quiñones, Rammellzee and Toxic - became avant-garde leaders infiltrating and reshaping the predominantly white art world. This book captures the energy, inventiveness, and resistance unleashed when hip-hop went 'all city'.00Exhibition: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA (05.04.-02.08.2020).

English.