Kehinde Wiley: Painting Analysis
Kehinde Wiley was born in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. His father is Yoruba from Nigeria, and his mother is African-American. His mother supported his love for art since a early age and enrolled him in art after school art classes. When Kehinde was 12 he spent a little time in at an art school in Russia. Kehinde did not grow up with his father, at the age of 20 he traveled to Nigeria to explore his roots and meet him. Kehinde earned his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1999 and his MFA from Yale University, School of art in 2001.
He often references Old Masters painting for the pose of the figure. Kehindes paintings are very realistic. His paintings often blur the boundaries between traditional and contemporary modes of representation. …show more content…
The painting raised questions about race, gender, and the politics of representation by portraying contemporary African American men and women using the conventions of traditional European portraiture. The exhibition includes an overview of the artist’s profile fourteen-year career and features sixty paintings and sculptures. A New Republic is organized by Eugenie Tsai, John and Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum. The Brooklyn Museum and DelMonico Books published a catalogue. A New Republic will also travel to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas from September 20, 2015 - January 10, 2016 then to the to the Seattle Art Museum, Washington from February 12, 2016 - May 8, 2016 then to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA from June 10, 2017 - September 11, 2016 Then the painting will go to the Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona from October 7, 2016 - January 8, 2017, then to the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio from February 10, 2017 - May 14, 2017 and to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art from June 16, 2017 - September 10, 2017. Three things i like about the painting is the background I like all of the flowers and I also like how he does his shading on the skin, The last thing I like is the detail of the of flowers and the detail in her
He often references Old Masters painting for the pose of the figure. Kehindes paintings are very realistic. His paintings often blur the boundaries between traditional and contemporary modes of representation. …show more content…
The painting raised questions about race, gender, and the politics of representation by portraying contemporary African American men and women using the conventions of traditional European portraiture. The exhibition includes an overview of the artist’s profile fourteen-year career and features sixty paintings and sculptures. A New Republic is organized by Eugenie Tsai, John and Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum. The Brooklyn Museum and DelMonico Books published a catalogue. A New Republic will also travel to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas from September 20, 2015 - January 10, 2016 then to the to the Seattle Art Museum, Washington from February 12, 2016 - May 8, 2016 then to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA from June 10, 2017 - September 11, 2016 Then the painting will go to the Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona from October 7, 2016 - January 8, 2017, then to the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio from February 10, 2017 - May 14, 2017 and to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art from June 16, 2017 - September 10, 2017. Three things i like about the painting is the background I like all of the flowers and I also like how he does his shading on the skin, The last thing I like is the detail of the of flowers and the detail in her