Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

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Experience the ultimate fusion of art and music with the debut book featuring iconic pieces from the exquisite Dean Collection by Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, coinciding with the major exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum.

Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys showcases a handpicked selection of 100 works from renowned artists of Black American, African, and African diasporic heritage, chosen by the legendary musical and cultural icons, Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys. The collection, curated by the Brooklyn Museum, is featured in a major exhibition and accompanied by an exclusive conversation between Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys and interviews with ten renowned artists: Derrick Adams, Kwame Samori Brathwaite (son of Kwame Brathwaite), Jordan Casteel, Nick Cave, Titus Kaphar, Ebony G. Patterson, Jamel Shabazz, Amy Sherald, Mickalene Thomas, and Kehinde Wiley. This collection embodies the Deans' philosophy of "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.

Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys are pop-culture and musical icons. Swizz is a legendary, Grammy Award–winning record producer, DJ, visionary, and businessman, and Keys is a 16-time Grammy Award–winning singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and businesswoman widely referred to as the ‘Queen of R&B.’ Major collectors and connoisseurs, the husband-and-wife team are the founders of the Dean Collection, their philanthropic organization and family collection of international contemporary art, and strong advocates for artists through their other creative platforms, including the Dean’s Choice concept, the art-and-music festival No Commission, and the artist residency Dreamland.

Kimberli Gant is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Gant was formerly the McKinnon Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia, and her publications include Anywhere But Here: Black Intellectuals in the Atlantic World and Beyond (2015).

Artist biographies by Indira A. Abiskaroon, Curatorial Assistant of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum.

Materials: Hardcover

Size: 13.2 in H x 10.2 in W x 1.4 in T

Item 9781838668693
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