Y.Z. Kami Carmen Giménez with unruly smears of red

with unruly smears of red

facing the waters of Long Island Sound

from their first meeting in 1981 to Basquiat’s death in 1988

The London volume features paintings

and presented by Gagosian

Y.Z. Kami Carmen Giménez with unruly smears of redThis poster featuring a photograph of Y. Z. Kamis New York City studio was produced in 2015, in conjunction with Y. Z. Kami: Paintings at Gagosian, Britannia Street, London. Kamis portraits of introspective subjects project a broad and inviting presence. Using his own photographs of family, friends, and strangers as source material, he depicts faces as vessels to convey an almost sacred and universal atmosphere of reflection, often with eyes closed as