Kahinde Wiley is a Gay American based painter born in Los Angeles, who has an international reputation living between Pe King and Brooklyn.
Last weeks ALVC class focused on the Post Modern them "INTERTEXTUALITY", re-read Extract 1 The death of the author on page 44 of your ALVC books and respond to the oil paintings of Kehinde Wiley. How do we make sense of his Kehinde's work? Identify intertextuality in Kehinde's work?
Last weeks ALVC class focused on the Post Modern them "INTERTEXTUALITY", re-read Extract 1 The death of the author on page 44 of your ALVC books and respond to the oil paintings of Kehinde Wiley. How do we make sense of his Kehinde's work? Identify intertextuality in Kehinde's work?
Kehinde's work relates to this weeks Post Modern theme "PLURALISM" re-read page 50 and discuss how the work relates to this theme?
Kehinde's work raises questions around social/cultural hierarchies , colonisation, globalisation, stereotypes and the politics which govern a western worldview.
Information on specific paintings was difficult to obtain however Matt has the info for the last 2 paintings.
3. Kehinde Wiley Count Potocki, 2008 oil on canvas, 274.3 x 274.3cm
4. Kehinde Wiley Support Army and Look after People, 2007 oil on canvas, 258.4 x 227.3cm
His painting styles have been compared and measured up to numerous renowned portrait artists as he creates a mixture of period styles to create work. I find Kahinde Wiley's work is very interesting and out of the ordinary. To create these oil paintings Wiley uses techniques and styles from the past including:
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• Islamic architecture
• West African textile design
We can make sense of Wiley's work as he uses renaissance styled poses in his paintings to portray the African American people modelling for his portraits. The African American males he uses in his paintings. Many portraits painted back in the renaissance were a sign to show someone’s wealth and power in a society, and Wiley uses this to make a statement about African American people. Wiley's depiction of maleness is shown through the poses of power and holiness.
During modernity European males mostly dominated the art world and were considered fortunate and high class so they became somehow the priority in the art galleries and history books. Because Wiley is a Arfrican American, he wants to change the art industry and his work brings the idea of pluralism allowing the audience to get a taste or ideas of a different culture they might not be used to. Using the same sceneries and techniques but replacing the white males with another race generate the idea that we all the same and emphasizes the idea 'we are all equal'
Pluralism is also present in Kehinde's work because it includes a mixture of
• ethnicities
• ideologies
• economic status
• religion
Kehindes work raises questions around social/cultural stereotypes, colonisation, globalisation, and the politics which govern a western worldview.
REFERENCES:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehinde_Wiley
http://www.kehindewiley.com/
http://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/kehinde-wiley/
http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://www.attorneyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/wiley_01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.attorneyst.com
http://www.deitch.com/artists/sub.php?artistId=11
http://hypebeast.com/2008/07/kehinde-wiley/