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title: "Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art Paperback – Bargain Price, September 1, 1999"
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# Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art Paperback – Bargain Price, September 1, 1999

**Brand:** phoebe hoban
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- **What is this?** Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art Paperback – Bargain Price, September 1, 1999 by phoebe hoban
- **How much does it cost?** € 98.74 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    Arrived way ahead of time
  

*by J***T on Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2022*

Condition was as described (poor) but didn't matter since I absolutely love the book.

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    A Great Read - Filled in many blanks I had about Basquiat and the 80's NY art scene
  

*by G***O on Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2014*

I really enjoyed reading this.  I know something about Basquiat from Schnabel's movie and some PBS shows.  I've seen Basquiat's work in person at the NYC Gagosian Basquiat show last year.  This book really helped to bring it all into perspective. The decetency of the era, the money spent and wasted, the loneliness of a artist who did attain his goal of becoming famous only to be swallowed up by the weight of it all. Many in his presence felt him to be a genius. Many used him as a meal-ticket.  His art is wonderful to view and imagine what it's all about in relationship to those influences he brought into his life, both in person and through his reading (Burroughs, etc), music listening, and television watching.I can't believe he was never arrested for drug posession being such a visable target... the book documents numerous times when he was just about to be found out and then the authorities just went away... or never showed up at all.  He lived a charmed life in that respect... though it may have cost him his life, which brings me to the obvious conclusion: he was born to live fast and die young.We still have to see how his work stands the test of time but there is no doubt that he was an important and interesting artist that has left a wealth of images to contemplate... or dismiss.  Like Hendrix or Jim Morrison we will only ever be able to think of him as young... never old enough to be wise.I loved learning more about the gallerists and art dealers of the time and reminising about the clubs and the music scene.  And his relationship with Warhol.  Well worth the time to read.

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    Sad life but a most happy read
  

*by C***R on Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2013*

Last month I went with a friend to the Basquiat exhibition at the Gagosian gallery in Chelsea.  Basquiat had certainly entered our consciousness via the media during the eighties but we were into other things then so our knowledge of his brief shooting-star career wasn't very specific.  We vaguely knew he had died before the decade was over; we identified him with Keith Haring, another art-world casualty of the era. The wit and energy of Basquiat's paintings in this large, comprehensive show were captivating but the rushed quality of so much of his work was disturbing.  What had propelled him to work so fast and furiously?  How and why had he died?  So I came home, did a web search, and made a smart decision: Phoebe Hoban's biography was the book to buy.Phoebe Hoban's biography IS the book to buy. I don't know how she did it, immersing herself so completely in the downtown art scene, interviewing everyone (loyal girlfriends, slippery boyfriends, high school teachers, art dealers, drug dealers). Hoban's writing is wonderfully alive and descriptive.  She seems to leave no stone unturned, nailing down, for instance, the ambiguous role played in Basquiat's short and tumultuous career by one Larry "Go-Go" Gagosian.Basquiat's work sells for millions now.  Hoban's biography will explain it all to you.

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