“So much of what Jean-Michel created was both social study and subjective exploration. Irony of Negro Policeman, one of Jean-Michel's earliest and most important works, was painted in 1981. It remains as relevant today as it was forty years ago. We continue to witness how little the needle has moved and how even more chaotic, destructive, and intractable racism is. People often ask members of our family to opine on what Jean-Michel may have thought about certain topics, but one only needs to go to his work-Jean-Michel speaks quite clearly and loudly for himself.” – Lisane Basquiat