Kenny Scharf's life story is the equivalent of riding a roller coaster.
Raised in Southern California, this king of cool eventually packed his
bags for New York City, where he became an integral part of an
underground East Village art scene that changed the world. His
graffiti-inspired paintings, wild performances, and sculptures earned
him an international reputation for making art accessible. This meteoric
rise involved parties, drugs, sex, and of course rock 'n' roll. Yet
there were many unexpected twists and turns, from marriage and family to
tragedy and depression. With the advent of AIDS and shifting trends in
the art world, Kenny fell from grace and was even mistakenly thought to
have passed away along with fellow artists Keith Haring and Jean-Michel
Basquiat. Recovering in Florida, raising a family, and eventually
returning to California and New York, Kenny Scharf's sporadic,
adventurous, and chaotic lifestyle is unimaginable, humbling, yet
ultimately redeeming. Patched together like one of his silk screens,
this official biography provides a front seat to the glamour, gossip,
and the story of an artist who 'made it' once, and his struggle to come
back.