{"product_id":"writing-the-future-basquiat-and-the-hiphop-generation","title":"Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow hip-hop culture and graffiti electrified the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat and his contemporaries in 1980s New York In the early 1980s  art and writing labeled as graffiti began to transition 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  Latinx and immigrant histories infused the downtown art scene with expressionist  pop and graffiti-inspired compositions.  Jean-Michel Basquiat (196088) became the galvanizing  iconic frontrunner of this transformational and insurgent movement in contemporary American art  which resulted in an unprecedented fusion of creative energies that defied longstanding racial divisions. Writing the Future features Basquiats works in painting  sculpture  drawing  video  music and fashion  alongside works by his contemporariesand sometimes collaboratorsA-One  ERO  Fab 5 Freddy  Futura  Keith Haring  Kool Koor  LA2  Lady Pink  Lee Quiones  Rammellzee and Toxic. Throughout the 1980s  these artists fueled new directions in fine art  design and music  reshaping the predominantly white art world and driving the now-global popularity of hip-hop culture.  Writing the Future  published to accompany a major exhibition  contextualizes Basquiats work in relation to his peers associated with hip-hop culture. It also marks the first time Basquiats extensive  robust and reflective portraiture of his Black and Latinx friends and fellow artists has been given prominence in scholarship on his oeuvre. With contributions from Carlo McCormick  Liz Munsell  Hua Hsu  J. Faith Almiron and Greg Tate  Writing the Future captures the energy  inventiveness and resistance unleashed when hip-hop hit the city.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946843566133,"sku":"ByrdShop_0878468714","price":90.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780878468713.jpg?v=1769968818","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/writing-the-future-basquiat-and-the-hiphop-generation","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}