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“At Basquiat's behest, Bruno Bischofberger set up an August 1986 exhibition at the Centre Culturel de la France in Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast.”
Enters Ouattara Watts!

Again, very well written art book. I don’t expect an in depth autobiography from Taschen books. They’re coffee table books for a reason and Taschen deals more the business side of the art world. I don’t think Emmerling expects anyone to actually read his notes here more than admiring Basquiat’s art. The comparison with the Blemyer tribe certainly proves it.another

What a well written art book. Pausing here to look up the Blemyers who, unbeknownst to me, seemed to have inspired Basquiat at some point. Well maybe.

I didn’t expect this one to be such a delight!
Emmerling really plunges his audience in the world of Basquiat. I find myself analyzing his art along with Emmerling’s interpretations’s of all layers painted, while also being excited by Basquiat’s hommage to his black heroes and artists. I am decoding the painting Charles’s The First, finding the word Cherokee, and next playing Charlie Parker’s Cherokee!