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Fishermen At Sea, By J. M. Wiley
This artwork is created by Kehinde Wiley and the name of this artwork is called “Fishermen at Sea (Jean-Frantz Laguerre and Andielo Pierre), 2017.” This painting is part of his “In Search of The Miraculous” exhibition. Wiley is essentially known for his naturalistic style of African-Americans. His art is extremely contemporary which mostly references classical works from great painters and incorporates “street models” which he takes pictures of and uses them to creatively recreate pieces in his own way or perception. The African Americans are displayed in their regular clothing and he uses it to show the culture and status in the 20th and 21st century. However, in this particular painting he abandons his usual style of incorporating a vibrant and colorful display of shapes and patterns in the background for a “both classical romanticism and epic maritime allegorical painting” (Kehinde Wiley Studio).
In his latest exhibition he revolves it around a series of paintings where he recreates seascapes by
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This seems to the main focal point as the suns rays illuminate it and is essentially in the foreground of the painting. The background of this painting seems to be gloomy and fading in the distance, which gives of a sort of atmospheric perspective. The radiated waves filled with outstanding colors of white, turquoise and greens are brought to life by showing motion through their shapes. It really grasps the eyes of the beholder because the white color on the waves appear like lightening, adding to the story in this painting of two men battling the storm all around them. This painting also really catches your attention on how Wiley created such a bright luminous area in the foreground of the painting and bordered the painting in a dark, gloomy, muddy aura. It couldn’t have been easy to contrast these colors so

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