Dieter Buchhart Books

Numerous publications and exhibitions have examined Jean-Michel Basquiat’s extensive oeuvre that consists of more than 3000 works. This catalogue, however, focuses on eight paintings: In the summer of 1982, Basquiat traveled to Modena, Italy, for one of his first solo exhibitions in Europe at the gallery of Emilio Mazzoli. Within just a few days, he painted a group of large-format paintings that surpassed his previous work not only in terms of their scale. Each at least two by four meters in size, they mark his transition from graffiti spraying in the streets of Manhattan to painting on canvas. At the same time, they reflect an artist coming into his own. The paintings―including masterpieces that today are considered pivotal and among the most outstanding of his oeuvre―have never been shown together. This catalogue revisits this crucial moment of Basquiat’s career some 40 years ago and reunites them for the first time. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960–1988, New York) is one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Emerging from the underground post-punk scene in Lower Manhattan, he attracted the attention of the art world in 1981 with the legendary group exhibition New York/New Wave . In nine prolific years, he created an oeuvre that formulated a new visual language of raw gestural painting fused with dense writing, and repeatedly reflected the oppression, exclusion and exploitation of People of Color.

This exciting, color-filled retrospective monograph offers new insights into Basquiat's unique visual language and helps illuminate messages about political and social issues that feel as urgent today as they did a half-century ago.

Exploring the intersections of two iconic artists, this book delves into the unique imagery and radical viewpoints of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. It showcases over 200 works, including public art, sculptures, and photographs, highlighting their socio-political commentary on race, sexuality, and spirituality. Accompanied by new essays and interviews, it serves as both a tribute and a comprehensive record of their influential contributions to contemporary art.

This collection showcases the artist's most inspired creations, presenting a curated selection that highlights their unique style and vision. Each piece reflects the artist's creative journey, offering insights into their techniques and thematic explorations. This volume serves as a comprehensive tribute to their artistic legacy, making it a valuable resource for both admirers and aspiring artists.

This volume presents a thematic exploration of Jean Michel Basquiat's groundbreaking and provocative art, offering a fresh appreciation of his tragic yet influential career.

Accompanies an exhibition at the Louis Vuitton Fondation, Paris, concentrating on Schiele's expressive use of force.

"The first book on Basquiat's ingenious uses of found objects and unconventional materials. Bringing together a range of unconventional painted supports and found-object sculptures, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Art and Objecthood provides an innovative, in-depth look into the artist's sculptural practice. In addition to painting and drawing on everything within his domestic spaces--refrigerators, chairs, cabinets--Basquiat made use of discarded windows and doors, mirrors, wood boards and subway tiles in his earliest creations. In a 1985 interview with Becky Johnston and Tamra Davis, he explained: "The first paintings I made were on windows I found on the street. And I used the window shape as a frame, and I just put the painting on the glass part and on doors I found on the street." Jean-Michel Basquiat: Art and Objecthood borrows its title from the influential 1967 essay by renowned art historian Michael Fried, who critiqued Minimalism for its dogmatic separation between

A critical examination of the human condition and artistic responsibility through the eyes of Ai Weiwei. Internationally renowned for his multimedia work as an artist-activist, Ai Weiwei has become one of the foremost political artists today. Ai Weiwei: In Search of Humanity offers the reader an in-depth examination of the aspect of humanity and artistic responsibility in Ai Weiwei's work. The catalog includes key works from all phases of the artist's career, focusing on works that shed light on themes that have long compelled him: surveillance, censorship, human rights, freedom of expression, the global refugee crisis, radical responsibility, the power of beauty, and the truth of poetry. Guided by these concerns, it offers new perspectives to understand the relevance of Ai Weiwei's artistic language. It encompasses a wide range of art historical paradigms (such as the readymade) alongside more radical activist strategies, all aimed at exploring the extremes of the contemporary human condition on a global scale.

Medienübergreifende Denkansätze an den Schnittstellen von Malerei und Skulptur, Fotografie und Architektur, Design und Typografie bestimmen das Œuvre des österreichischen Künstlers Lorenz Estermann (*1968 in Linz). Im Fokus seiner Werkserien stehen collageartige Arbeiten auf Papier sowie dreidimensionale Architekturmodelle und Rauminstallationen, die er mit ironischer Distanz von real existierenden Architekturen der 1960er- und 1970er-Jahre ableitet. Die Motive und Themen für seine Arbeiten entdeckt er bei seinen Fotorecherchen, die den Künstler unter anderem in die Vororte und Industriegebiete Mittel- und Osteuropas mit ihren unterschiedlichen Architekturen und Baustilen führen. In seinem Werk werden nicht nur die großen Utopien der Moderne kritisch und mit Humor analysiert, sondern sie schlagen auch den Bogen zur Pop-Art und deren Auseinandersetzung mit Produkten des Massenkonsums und Phänomenen der Alltagskultur. Ausstellungen: Galerie Stefan Röpke, Köln 12.3.–16.4.2010 Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven 24.1 –13.3.2010

Der norwegische Maler und Grafiker Edvard Munch (1863-1944) kämpft zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts mit den Folgen einer gescheiterten Liebesbeziehung. 1908 erleidet der empfindsame Künstler nach belastenden Krisenjahren einen Nervenzusammenbruch, der einen Aufenthalt in einem Kopenhagener Sanatorium nötig werden lässt. Dort verwandelt Munch sein Krankenzimmer in ein Atelier. Es entsteht das Meisterwerk „Alpha und Omega“, ein Mappenwerk bestehend aus 22 lithografischen Blättern und einem gedruckten Prosagedicht. In dieser bildnerischen Parabel wird in Episoden die Geschichte von Alpha und Omega, den ersten Menschen auf einer Insel, erzählt. Munchs Besessenheit vom Kampf der Geschlechter steigert sich in dieser Inselfantasie ins Groteske. Persönliche Widersacher werden als Mischwesen karikiert. Am Ende tötet Alpha seine Frau Omega und wird selbst von Tieren mit menschlichem Antlitz gefressen. Der Katalog erscheint anlässlich der Ausstellung „Edvard Munch. Alpha & Omega“ (9. Juni 2013 – 12. Jan. 2014) im Museum Kunst der Westküste in Alkersum/Föhr. Mit Texten von Dieter Buchhart, Ulrike Wolff-Thomsen und Gerd Woll.