{"id":9808,"date":"2019-05-14T18:19:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T01:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=9808"},"modified":"2019-05-19T14:46:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T21:46:12","slug":"pulp-basquiat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2019\/05\/14\/pulp-basquiat\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulp Basquiat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/basquiat-graphic-novel-1546354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"from artnet (opens in a new tab)\">from artnet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Basquiat, the Comic Book: See the Rise of Art Star Jean-Michel Basquiat in a New Graphic Novel<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Basquiat&#8217;s dramatic life story has inspired films, a Broadway musical, and now a graphic novel.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/about\/eileen-kinsella-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Eileen Kinsella<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/app\/news-upload\/2019\/05\/BASQUIAT-GN-cover-1-726x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Image courtesy of Paolo Parisi.\"\/><figcaption>Image courtesy of Paolo Parisi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Who needs Captain America when you have Basquiat?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new graphic novel published by UK-based&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laurenceking.com\/us\/product\/basquiat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Laurence King<\/a>&nbsp;traces the rise of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/artists\/jean-michel-basquiat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jean-Michel Basquiat<\/a>&nbsp;from street-art upstart to international fame. It is the latest graphic novel by illustrator Paolo Parisi, who has previously written and illustrated volumes on the lives of music legends Billie Holiday and John Coltrane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a chapter excerpted here, entitled \u201cNew Art\/New Money,\u201d Parisi takes a close look at the artist\u2019s prolific output and often-contentious relationship with famous art dealers including Annina Nosei, Mary Boone, and Larry&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/galleries\/gagosian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gagosian<\/a>. All are seen vying to work with the artist as the buzz around him begins to build and the supercharged market machine of the 1980s kicks into high gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basquiat\u2019s dramatic life story has inspired everything from biopics to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/jean-michel-basquiat-broadway-musical-1357180\" target=\"_blank\">a Broadway musical<\/a>. As in other Basquiat-inspired projects, the details in the graphic novel may be exaggerated or twisted\u2014it\u2019s hard to imagine notoriously competitive Larry Gagosian telling Mary Boone encouragingly, \u201cBasquiat has to be the new star, and you with him,\u201d while Basquiat comes off as a bit more naive and far less conflicted&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/exhibitions\/basquiat-brant-foundation-1479859\" target=\"_blank\">then we now know him to be<\/a>. But if you are looking for an art yarn in graphic novel form, take a look at the excerpt below and decide for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/basquiat-graphic-novel-1546354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"click to continue reading at artnet (opens in a new tab)\">click to continue reading at artnet<\/a> ]<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from artnet Basquiat, the Comic Book: See the Rise of Art Star Jean-Michel Basquiat in a New Graphic Novel Basquiat&#8217;s dramatic life story has inspired films, a Broadway musical, and now a graphic novel. by Eileen Kinsella Who needs Captain America when you have Basquiat? A new graphic novel published by UK-based&nbsp;Laurence King&nbsp;traces the rise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}