Julian Schnabel: CVJ - Nicknames of Maitre D's & Other Excerpts from LifeStudy edition

If I hadn't already watched the film about Schnabel on Netflix and loved The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and Basquiat, both of which he produced, I'd probably have given up with this book to be honest. The written word is not where he excels and this is, for me, a lot of pretentious nonsense much of the time. There is the odd interesting section here and there which I enjoyed and which shed light on his process. It also helps to realise that this was written a very long time ago. I'm not sure what he'd write now. There are a lot of good colour plates here, which is why it gets four and not three stars.

What a beautiful little readWith loads of lovely colour picturesJS is and has always been a great story teller.... the snippets of his life are so enjoyable to read