Basquiat : A Quick Killing in Art Book

Preface	ix
CHAPTER ONE OVERDOSING ON ART	1
CHAPTER TWO THE NOT-SO-BRAVE NEW ART WORLD	6
CHAPTER THREE SAMO IS BORN	16
CHAPTER FOUR GRAFFITI BRIDGE	32
CHAPTER FIVE NEW YORK BEAT	43
CHAPTER SIX LOWER EAST SIDE GLAMOR QUEENS	54
CHAPTER SEVEN NEW YORK/NEW WAVE/ NEW CAREER	64
CHAPTER EIGHT DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS	82
CHAPTER NINE CROSBY STREET: UP THERE	98
CHAPTER TEN THE PIG MERCHANT	111
CHAPTER ELEVEN GO-GOING WITH LARRY	117
CHAPTER TWELVE TO REPEL GHOSTS	131
CHAPTER THIRTEEN MAOS AND CASH COWS: BRUNO BISCHOFBERGER'S
ART OF COMMERCE	142
CHAPTER FOURTEEN FUN: THE BABY BOOMERS' BOHEMIA	151
CHAPTER FIFTEEN WHO'S THAT GIRL?	160
CHAPTER SIXTEEN CALIFORNIA SUITE	172
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE COLOR OF MONEY: THE ART MARKET OF THE
EIGHTIES	183
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN ANDY'S CHILDREN	199
CHAPTER NINETEEN BOONE MEANS BUSINESS	221
CHAPTER TWENTY THEME GIRL	228
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE PEAKING	245
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO SIDEKICKS	253
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE NOTHING IS FOR EVERLAST	263
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR PERISHABLE	270
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE RIDING WITH DEATH	283
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN BASQUIAT RECYCLED: FROM FAKES TO FILMS	312
EPILOGUE CHANNEL-SURFING IN PAINT	332
Notes and Sources	345
Acknowledgments	367
Index	371