{"product_id":"giants-art-from-the-dean-collection-of-swizz-beatz-and-alicia-keys","title":"Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An encyclopedic necessity for anyone interested in contemporary art.' - \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'We want people to see themselves... We want you to see the giants on whose shoulders we stand.' - Alicia Keys\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e Giants: 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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e Giants \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\n\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Featured 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 Sidib?; Lorna Simpson; Sanl? Sory; Vaughn Spann; Henry Taylor; Hank Willis Thomas; Mickalene Thomas; Kehinde Wiley; Qualeasha Wood; Kennedy Yanko; and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kimberli Gant, Alicia Keys (Author), Kimberli Gant (Interviewer)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Phaidon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781838668693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.40h x 10.10w x 1.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Swizz Beatz \u003c\/b\u003e (Kasseem Dean) and \u003cb\u003eAlicia Keys\u003c\/b\u003e are pop-culture and musical icons. \u003cb\u003eSwizz\u003c\/b\u003e is a legendary, Grammy Award-winning record producer, DJ, visionary, and businessman, and \u003cb\u003eKeys\u003c\/b\u003e is a 16-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and businesswoman widely referred to as the 'Queen of R\u0026amp;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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Kimberli Gant \u003c\/b\u003e is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Gant was formerly the McKinnon Curator of Modern \u0026amp; Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia, and her publications include \u003ci\u003eAnywhere But Here: Black Intellectuals in the Atlantic World and Beyond \u003c\/i\u003e(2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist biographies by \u003cb\u003eIndira A. 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