{"title":"Bruce McLean","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorks by Bruce McLean available at The New Rare.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"art-scribe-no-51","title":"Art Scribe No. 51 (March–April 1985) — Basquiat, Kathy Acker, Lynne Cooke","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Scribe No. 51\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarch–April 1985\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover: Bruce McLean\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing: Jean-Michel Basquiat (ICA London)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover magazine\u003cbr\u003ePublished: March–April 1985\u003cbr\u003eLondon: Artscribe Ltd\u003cbr\u003eEditor: Matthew Collings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e– Jean Michel Basquiat — review by Kathy Acker (p.52)\u003cbr\u003e– Neo-Primitivism — essay by Lynne Cooke (p.16)\u003cbr\u003e– Bruce McLean interview by Mel Gooding\u003cbr\u003e– Reviews: Jonathan Borofsky, Richard Wilson, Ger van Elk, Ian McKeever, Chagall, among others\u003cbr\u003e– Report: 2nd International Contemporary Art Fair\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mid-1980s London art magazine capturing Basquiat at a precise moment of reception in the UK. He appears twice here — first through Kathy Acker’s review of his ICA exhibition, written with her characteristic urgency, and again within Lynne Cooke’s essay on Neo-Primitivism, where his work is folded into a broader critical debate around authorship, instinct, and cultural projection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe issue sits at an intersection: literary critique, institutional framing, and the British art context encountering Basquiat in real time. The Bruce McLean cover further grounds it within the language of British conceptual and post-performance practice of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Basquiat-focused collectors, this functions less as a magazine and more as a document of early critical positioning — before the narrative settled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike and follow for more rare art books and ephemera.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE NEW RARE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53035119149394,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Basquiat01.jpg?v=1774539700"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/bruce-mclean.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}