Jean-Michel Basquiat Deborah Willis In ACTS—whose title is short

In ACTS—whose title is short for “Absolute Contempt for Total Serenity”—Ruby captures liquid dye inside clear urethane and balances these pure prisms atop scuffed

In the late 1960s

and scratches—bring back the aggressiveness of Stingel’s working process in the studio

curated respectively by John Elderfield and Peter Galassi

This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Nathaniel Mary Quinn: Always Felt

Jean-Michel Basquiat Deborah Willis In ACTS—whose title is shortThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Jean Michel Basquiat at Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, New York. Featuring candid historical photographs, installation views, foldouts, and close to sixty color plates, this comprehensive publication celebrates Basquiats work over the course of his brief but meteoric career. Art historian Robert Farris Thompson provides a detailed analysis of some of the artists most iconic paintings,