2003-10-26
... ? The Observer | Magazine | Sean O'Hagan meets Julian SchnabelHis debut exhibition in 1979 caused a sensation and propelled him from restaurant cook to the art world's most collectable enfant terrible. But then came the backlash: he was vulgar, arrogant and the epitome of 80s excess. Now, after two decades of critical hammering, Julian Schnabel is putting the pieces back together, finds Sean O'Hagan