Basquiat Photo by the late Brad Branson. MIXED MEDIA ART by Karen Bystedt.

THE KING KOLLECTION was inspired by my decision to create my own body of work when I was given the

opportunity to work with Brad Branson’s images of JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT. I came up with the narrative to put

Andy and Basquiat together as the POP-ART KINGS. A king isn’t a king unless crowned. With this In mind, I played

with putting Basquiat’s crown on both of them and realized how powerful it was on so many levels; historically,

socially and artistically.

The juxtaposition of both Andy and Jean Michel is a powerful statement of two men; One elder, one young, one

white, one black and they are both KINGS in Art and in life.