Basquiat: Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown)
Front of slipcase
This publication focuses on a defining painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat: Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown) (1983). First shown at the artist’s landmark 1983 exhibition at Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, it was produced together with a group of large-scale paintings in a square format that are among Basquiat’s most renowned. The volume analyzes this painting within the context of a dozen related works, of which seven debuted in the 1983 Gagosian exhibition. Profusely illustrated, this trilingual (English/French/German) book provides an in-depth examination of Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown)’s iconography, use of language, exploration of sociopolitical issues, and position within Basquiat’s oeuvre, with a foreword by Sam Keller and an essay by Dieter Buchhart.
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag
Publication date: 2015
Contributors: Dieter Buchhart, Sam Keller
Designer: Peter Grassinger
Printer: Printer Trento, Italy
Format: Hardcover in slipcase
Dimensions: 12 5/8 × 13 inches (32.1 × 33 cm)
Pages: 116
Languages: English, French, German
ISBN: 978-3-7774-2454-5
