Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure (Relié)

Jean-Michel Basquiat's contributions to the history of art and his exploration of multifaceted cultural phenomena - including music, the Black experience, pop culture, Black American sports figures, literature, and other sources - have been profound and continue to resonate to this day. Accompanying major exhibition organized and curated by the family of Jean-Michel Basquiat, this catalogue provides insight into the late artist's creative life and his singular voice that propelled a social and cultural narrative that remains as powerful as it was decades ago.
Featuring over 200 never-before-seen and rarely shown paintings, drawings, ephemera (including notes, family photos, and keepsakes), and artifacts collected by the artist himself, this volume tells the story of Basquiat from an intimate perspective, intertwining his artistic endeavors with his personal life, influences, and the times in which he lived.