http://www.kehindewiley.com/jamaica_pages/W_Graham_Robertson.html
Kehinde Wiley was born in Los Angeles, CA. He received his
BFA at San Francisco Art Institute and his MFA from Yale University School of
Art.
His work focuses on the modern idea and even the reality of
minority image. His paintings submerge a figure dressed in westernized garb
into a fabric-based pattern relevant to their culture. This formal pattern in conjunction with the
figure is contrasted even further by the poses drawn from historical paintings.
The highly saturated paintings feel very confusing upon approach. I remember
walking up to one at the Metropolitan and being overwhelmed by the
juxtaposition of regal sentiment with the sticking urban figure. Then questions
started to present themselves. This work represents duality in a very ambiguous
and successful way. It also takes on a
lot of historical content with the poses he choses to reference. This strategy is interesting to me being that these works are from all over the world but seem to hold a constant statement, which I find very powerful. The content
reminds me a lot of Yinka Shonibeare
.
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