{"product_id":"giants","title":"Giants","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'An encyclopedic necessity for anyone interested in contemporary art.' - \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'We want people to see themselves… We want you to see the giants on whose shoulders we stand.' - Alicia Keys\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys \u003c\/em\u003e  celebrates selections from the world-class collection of musical and cultural icons Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Giants \u003c\/em\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 \u003cp\u003e The 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 \u003cp\u003e Both 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Featured artists \u003c\/strong\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 Sidibé; Lorna Simpson; Sanlé Sory; Vaughn Spann; Henry Taylor; Hank Willis Thomas; Mickalene Thomas; Kehinde Wiley; Qualeasha Wood; Kennedy Yanko; and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phaidon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48695212769380,"sku":"9781838668693-p","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/5292\/6820\/files\/giants-en-6869-side-view-3000_5ff67caf-d96f-421e-a426-1b68317406c4.jpg?v=1783116571","url":"https:\/\/www.phaidon.com\/en-int\/products\/giants","provider":"Phaidon","version":"1.0","type":"link"}