Review of Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018) by Robert Abele for Los Angeles Times — 09 May 2018
Basquiat's energetic brilliance is mourned as much as revered in "Boom for Real," which ends with his cannon shot into the money-mad, drug-fueled '80s. What lingers, though, is a heartfelt reminiscence for what's memorable about emergent talent, the spark that precipitates the well-fanned blaze.
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This review of Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018) was written by Robert Abele and published by Los Angeles Times on 09 May 2018.
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat has generally received positive reviews.
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