Basquiat: The Modena Paintings Malu Halasa musing on his visit to

musing on his visit to the artist’s studio in Rotterdam

Revisiting imagery that Ruscha introduced in 1989

Several of the work’s notations are autobiographical: the trio of figures on the right depicts the artist with the rap musician Rammellzee and the painter Toxic

The book features scholarly essays

the photographs chronicle key developments in Calder’s career through the vision of a friend and compatriot

Basquiat: The Modena Paintings Malu Halasa musing on his visit toPublished by Hatje Cantz, this book documents the exhibition Basquiat: The Modena Paintings at Fondation Beyeler in Riehen Basel. In the summer of 1982, Jean Michel Basquiat traveled to Modena, Italy, at the invitation of gallery owner Emilio Mazzoli to produce new works for a solo exhibition. He made eight large format paintings, some of which are now among his most renowned works; however, the planned exhibition ultimately did not occur. The works