Keith Haring/JeanMichel Basquiat Crossing Lines

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Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat are considered icons of twentieth-century art. Both are known for their idiosyncratic imagery, radical viewpoints and complex socio-political commentary, and both employed signs, symbols and words to explore ideas around race, sexuality, spirituality and other aspects of contemporary life. Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines draws out the many intersections between the artists' lives, practices and ideas. It includes more than 200 images, including works created in public spaces, paintings, sculptures, objects, works on paper and photographs, which are accompanied by new essays and interviews. Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines is a record of and a tribute to the work of two boundary-pushing, highly influential artists.

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"A big, beautiful coffee-table book. . . . [Crossing Lines] is for art lovers. . . . a book to be treasured and enjoyed again and again."---Jonah Raskin, New York Journal of Books

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Dieter Buchhart is an art theorist and curator of numerous international exhibitions, including solo exhibitions of the work of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Anna Karina Hofbauer is an independent curator and art critic. Jenny Holzer is an American artist whose work has been exhibited in major museums around the world. Ricardo Montez is associate professor of performance studies at the New School, New York. Rene Ricard (19462014) was an American poet and painter. Myles Russell-Cook is curator of indigenous art at the National Gallery of Victoria. Larry Warsh is the editor of many books including Weiwei-isms, Basquiat-isms, and Haring-isms (all Princeton). Anke Wiedmann is exhibition and publication manager at Museum Gugging. Linda Yablonsky is an art critic and journalist.