Radiant Child The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) |
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| Steptoe, Javaka |
| ISBN: | 978-0-316-21388-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2016 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $18.99 |
Book Description:
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Winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Jean-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...
More Description Winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Jean-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 readers to the powerful message that art doesn't always have to be neat or clean--and definitely not inside the lines--to be beautiful.