Each chapter provides an arresting blend of author Clement's poetic glimpses into Suzanne Mallouk's life and back story, in a series of almost impressionistic retellings, followed by Mallouk's own recountings of the same event. Search. It’s not theory – it’s representation. What I particularly enjoyed was how much imagination there was putting it together; Jennifer Clement took a good deal of creative liberty with Suzanne's recounts, but instead of results that could easily be pretentious she managed to create rich and visceral scenes, each chapter like a painting itself. Clement crafts her story with intimacy but leaves it free of sentimentality or moralizing. "He never buys her presents or clothes.

It is about childhood. way too many drugs. I was also provided Widow Basquiat is an exploration of the artist as seen through the eyes of his muse, Suzanne. In other words, garbage based on the story of ____.I wish more biographies were written as poetically as this! I read it in a day and a half, and I absolutely loved it. About Widow Basquiat. It is about marketing. What I particularly enjoyed was how much imagination there was putting it together; Jennifer Clement took a good deal of creative liberty with Suzanne's recounts, but instead of results that could easily be pretentious she managed to create rich and visceral scenes, each chapter like a painting itself. Nov 04, 2014 | ISBN 9780553419924 JENNIFER CLEMENT is the author of multiple books, including Widow Basquiat. I didn't care for the spoken word poetry-like narratives, and found Mallouk's recollections in her own words (in italics throughout) to be the strongest aspects of the book. I had read that book over and over again like a Bible. The artist is born, usually into a wealthy family, and they then go to an art college or an academy where they learn nothing and develop their own style as a rejection to everything they have been taught. I think of a flower growing out of a crack in a dirty and dilapidated sidewalk. This sets it up when she meets Jean-Michel Basquiat, and they share a deep, romantic and sexual relationship. This book was a love song to the NYC that I dreamed about. These kinds of people are why I came here. Jennifer Clement wrote this in support of her best friend, Suzanne, Jean-Michel’s “widow”. Taschen Men's Basquiat Taschen. It really worked and created such a rich, textured portrait of Suzanne Mallouk's life and times. And yes, it's about an iconic artist and one of his lovers but it's really about so much more if you choose to dig deep and see it. too much passion, too many contradictions, too weak too needy, too head strong too selfish, too many drugs. 4.4 out of 5 stars 121. Such a slim book spoke volumes. While filled with pop culture anecdotes art fans might seek Andy Warhol and Rene Ricard both make appearances, for instance Clement's account is an honest love story above all else. … The life of Basquiat … is a joyous lightning bolt when it is described in true detail, as it is in Clement’s extraordinary as-told-to poem.”—Glenn O’Brien, Artforum

Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Suzanne Mallouk becomes the lover of Jean-Michael Basquait shortly after moving to the United States from Canada. Amazingly enough, Suzanne not only survives but goes on to become a psychiatrist.

I've never been so engulfed in a book as I was in this one. It doesn't hold back about their various drug addictions as well as opening the door on the 80s New York scene - the galleries and the parties. A beautifully written exploration of Basquiat as seen through the eyes of his muse Suzanne Mallouk. Narrating Suzanne's childhood in Canada and her troubled relationship with the avant-garde street artist up until his death, the brief passages alternate between Clement's poetic voice and Mallouk's plainspoken accounts. But this book is wonderful and different in that it's kind of a poem about a poetic time, which seems to due the era great justice. But this memoir isn't really his story, but the story of his muse Suzanne Mallouk instead.I'm always suspicious of biographies of artists.

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