Bibliograph

Radiant child, the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Javaka Steptoe

Type

Label

Radiant child, the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Javaka Steptoe

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Radiant child

Oclc number

849509653

Responsibility statement

by Javaka Steptoe

Sub title

the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Summary

Jean-Michael Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocked to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art work had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young readers to the powerful message and art doesn't always have to be neat or clean--and definitely not inside the lines--to be beautiful

Target audience

juvenile

Classification