ART SCRIBE No. 51 — Basquiat, Kathy Acker, Lynne Cooke, Artscribe Ltd, London, 1985

Published by Artscribe Ltd, London, in March–April 1985 and edited by Matthew Collings, Artscribe No. 51 brings together exhibition reviews, interviews and critical essays, with a cover featuring Bruce McLean. Jean-Michel Basquiat appears in Kathy Acker’s review of his exhibition at the ICA, London, on page 52, and in Lynne Cooke’s essay on Neo-Primitivism on page 16, placing responses to his work within two different forms of contemporary criticism. The issue also includes an interview with Bruce McLean by Mel Gooding, reviews covering Jonathan Borofsky, Richard Wilson, Ger van Elk, Ian McKeever and Marc Chagall, and a report on the 2nd International Contemporary Art Fair. Issued as a softcover art magazine, it records Basquiat’s reception in the British art press alongside the exhibitions, practices and debates occupying the same editorial space.