Mark Kostabi and the Est Village Scene 1983-1987, Mark Kostabi, Baird Jones, Book and Publisher’s Statement, 2002

$150

Baird Jones, Mark Kostabi and the East Village Scene 1983–1987. Matteo Editore (Treviso), 2002. Softcover, 144 pages. Signed by Jones and Kostabi.

Publisher’s statement, 8.5″ x 11″.

This under-appreciated classic pairs Baird’s first-person account of the 1980s East Village art scene with his paparazzi shots showing Kostabi with hundreds of celebrities from both the art world (Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol) and the mass media (Steve Martin, Paul Simon).

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“Mark Kostabi and the East Village Art Scene”

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Inscription by Baird Jones

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Title page, signed by Kostabi

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Few people personify the free-wheeling, polymorphous spirit of fin-de-siècle downtown New York as well as the idiosyncratic curator, club party promoter, photographer, author, and celebrity gossip Baird Jones.