Product Description: Mark Kostabi and The East Village Scene 1983-1987, photos and text by Baird Jones, forward by Enrico Baj. Published by Matteo Editore, Venice, 2002. 144 pages. A unique record of New Yorks East Village art scene as it revolved around the contoversial painter, Mark Kostabi...read more

Chronicles the life and career of the troubled Armenian immigrant, including his terrifying childhood, his impact on the New York art scene of the 1920s, and his withdrawl into ever increasing solitude until his suicide in 1948 (view table of contents)