GAYLETTER

I stumbled onto a picture on Instagram of an older white lady in front of an image of a naked Jean-Michel Basquiat. I was intrigued by the contrast of the visual and as I suspected impressed by the size of Basquiat’s penis, so I decided to look into the exhibition. The show on view at the stunning The Suzanne Geiss Company is by photographer, and Basquiat’s girlfriend of two years, Paige Powell. It’s her first presentation of photos from her comprehensive archive. When I got to the gallery later that day I saw on display “rare candid” large scale black and white 35mm nude portraits of Basquiat. The images show him as I’ve never seen him before “relaxed on a futon, drawing while watching cartoons” and other raw images of him full frontal where you can really appreciate his peen. I know I keep talking about his dick, but trust me it was very memorable.  —Abi