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Giants : Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys by Alicia Keys (2024, Hardcover)

Giants : Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys by Alicia Keys (2024, Hardcover)

$ 20.31

  • Author: Alicia Keys
  • Book Title: Giants : Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys
  • Dewey Decimal: 704.03/96073
  • Dewey Edition: 23/eng/20240715
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Genre: Music, Art
  • ISBN-10: 1838668691
  • ISBN-13: 9781838668693
  • Illustrator: Yes
  • Intended Audience: Trade
  • Item Height: 1.4 in
  • Item Length: 12.8 in
  • Item Weight: 93.3 Oz
  • Item Width: 9.8 in
  • LC Classification Number: N6538.B53G5 2024
  • LCCN: 2024-391462
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 256 Pages
  • Publication Year: 2024
  • Publisher: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
  • Reviews: Praise for the Brooklyn Museum's Giants exhibit as seen in the New York Times , Vanity Fair , and Wall Street Journal 'The musical luminaries have a keen eye for art and have built a stunning collection of works by Black artists with the aim of writing their own cultural narrative.' - Wall Street Journal An essential history and anticipated future.' - Essence 'Moments like these ensure the continued prosperity of Black art.' - Artsy 'A celebration of Blackness and an ode to living life monumentally.' - Thrillist '[A] triumph.' - Artnet News 'That's what I enjoyed about this show: its big-hearted vibe, its generous spirit.' - The Washington Post 'Substantial and boldly designed ... an encyclopedic necessity for anyone interested in contemporary art.' - Vanity Fair 'Our strategy is collecting from the heart...The reason why we doubled down on artists of color is because much of our own community wasn't collecting these giants.' - Swizz Beatz 'We want people to see themselves...We want you to see the giants on whose shoulders we stand. We want you to see that you are also a giant, that you are special, incredible, unique, one of a kind.' - Alicia Keys, Praise for the Brooklyn Museum's Giants exhibit as seen in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and Wall Street Journal 'The musical luminaries have a keen eye for art and have built a stunning collection of works by Black artists with the aim of writing their own cultural narrative.' - Wall Street Journal An essential history and anticipated future.' - Essence 'Moments like these ensure the continued prosperity of Black art.' - Artsy 'A celebration of Blackness and an ode to living life monumentally.' - Thrillist '[A] triumph.' - Artnet News 'That's what I enjoyed about this show: its big-hearted vibe, its generous spirit.' - The Washington Post 'Substantial and boldly designed ... an encyclopedic necessity for anyone interested in contemporary art.' - Vanity Fair 'Our strategy is collecting from the heart...The reason why we doubled down on artists of color is because much of our own community wasn't collecting these giants.' - Swizz Beatz 'We want people to see themselves...We want you to see the giants on whose shoulders we stand. We want you to see that you are also a giant, that you are special, incredible, unique, one of a kind.' - Alicia Keys, Praise for the Brooklyn Museum's Giants exhibit as seen in the New York Times , Vanity Fair , and Wall Street Journal 'The musical luminaries have a keen eye for art and have built a stunning collection of works by Black artists with the aim of writing their own cultural narrative.' - Wall Street Journal
  • Synopsis: The first book to showcase selections from the groundbreaking Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, accompanying a major exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys celebrates selections from the world-class collection of musical and cultural icons Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys. Giants focuses on over 100 works by nearly 40 multigenerational Black American, African, and African diasporic artists in the Dean Collection,hand-picked and curated by the Brooklyn Museum for a major exhibition.Both book and exhibition bring together these 'giants' of the art world to embody and highlight the Deans' collecting philosophy: 'by the artist, for the artist, with the people.', 'An encyclopedic necessity for anyone interested in contemporary art.' - Vanity Fair 'We want people to see themselves... We want you to see the giants on whose shoulders we stand.' - Alicia Keys The first book to showcase selections from the groundbreaking Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, accompanying a major exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys celebrates selections from the world-class collection of musical and cultural icons Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys. Giants illustrates 100 works by nearly 40 multigenerational Black American, African, and African diasporic artists in the Dean Collection, hand-picked and curated by the Brooklyn Museum for a major exhibition of the same name. The book also features an exclusive conversation between curator Kimberli Gant and Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, as well as interviews with ten legendary artists: Derrick Adams; Kwame Brathwaite's son, Kwame Samori Brathwaite; Jordan Casteel; Nick Cave; Titus Kaphar; Ebony G. Patterson; Jamel Shabazz; Amy Sherald; Mickalene Thomas; and Kehinde Wiley. Both book and exhibition bring together these 'giants' of the art world to embody and highlight the Deans' collecting philosophy: 'by the artist, for the artist, with the people.' Featured artists : Nina Chanel Abney; Derrick Adams; Radcliffe Bailey; Ernie Barnes; Jean-Michel Basquiat; Jarvis Boyland; Kwame Brathwaite; Jordan Casteel; Nick Cave; Hassan Hajjaj; Barkley L. Hendricks; Arthur Jafa; Titus Kaphar; Jerome Lagarrigue; Deana Lawson; Esther Mahlangu; Meleko Mokgosi; Odili Donald Odita; Toyin Ojih Odutola; Zohra Opoku; Frida Orupabo; Gordon Parks; Ebony G. Patterson; Deborah Roberts; Tschabalala Self; Jamel Shabazz; Amy Sherald; Malick Sidibé; Lorna Simpson; Sanlé Sory; Vaughn Spann; Henry Taylor; Hank Willis Thomas; Mickalene Thomas; Kehinde Wiley; Qualeasha Wood; Kennedy Yanko; and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
  • Topic: American / African American, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, General
  • brand: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
  • gtin13: 9781838668693

Description

Very rare and very few of these books are signed. This is the big coffee table-sized exhibition book for Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. This is brand new and SEALED with the autographs of both Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys! Signatures are guaranteed authentic as the book is still sealed. Free shipping.