Have fun reviewing the the early life of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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The Early Life of Jean-Michel Basquiat With Norman Scherer
Saturday, July 18 5-7PM
197 Madison Street Sag Harbor, New York 11963 |
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On Saturday, July 18, SAAL presents its inaugural Talks & Readings series with collector and educator Norman Scherer and author David Fishkind. Scherer and Fishkind examine the origins and fallout of cultural exclusivity across eras.
Norman Scherer will reflect on his relationship with Jean-Michel Basquiat during the formative years of New York's downtown art and club scene. He worked alongside Basquiat in the late 1970s at the Unique Clothing Warehouse in the East Village, where the two dressed mannequins and created window displays. Scherer knew the artist simply as "Jean," years before Basquiat became an international figure. Scherer presents his collection of Basquiat's early postcards, signed "Jean Basquiat" not "Jean-Michel Basquiat," currently on view at SAAL.
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David Fishkind will read from his debut novel, Don't Step into My Office. Fishkind has described it as a "maximalist metafiction neo-noir murder-mystery missing-persons family dramedy—just your typical beach read." Primarily set in East Hampton, the novel explores marriage, class, and too much time on one's hands, sending up a wide cast of darkly comic Out East archetypes.
Don't Step into My Office has been praised by Playboy, Publishers Weekly, and The Metropolitan Review, as well as by New York Times critic Molly Young and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Junot Díaz, who called it "laceratingly witty... a revelation."
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