Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Ashland050926

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Ashland050926Jean Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young

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brilliantly exploring the funny

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