‘King Pleasure’ exhibit to showcase Basquiat’s never-before-seen works
nypost.comJean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure,” will feature over 200 rarely and never-been-seen artworks by the late black artist, who focused on race and inequality.The exhibition — which takes its name from Basquiat’s 1987 painting “King Pleasure,” inspired by the jazz vocalist who gained fame for the hit “Moody’s Mood for Love” — will feature many of his paintings, drawings, multimedia projects and artifacts that have been kept from the public eye for decades.
Basquiat’s sisters Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux — who run the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat — wanted to tell a story of his work from the perspective of those who best understood the full extent of his creative endeavors.“This exhibition showcasing the man behind the icon has been.
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