{"product_id":"giants-art-from-the-dean-collection-of-swizz-beatz-and-alicia-keys-9781838668693","title":"Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'Our strategy is collecting from the heart...The reason why we double down on artists of color is because our own community wasn't collecting these giants.' - Swizz Beatz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e '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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book to showcase selections from the groundbreaking Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, accompanying a major exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates selections from the world-class collection of musical and cultural icons Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiants\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth 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.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured artists\u003c\/b\u003e: 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Phaidon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781838668693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 13.00h x 10.13w x 0.89d","brand":"Kimberli Gant, Alicia Keys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43972158062773,"sku":"9781838668693","price":59.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fc2835ce-c179-4792-927d-094ba525d1fd.jpg?v=1713282265","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/giants-art-from-the-dean-collection-of-swizz-beatz-and-alicia-keys-9781838668693","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}