The striking portraits of Kehinde Wiley

The striking portraits of Kehinde Wiley

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Los Angeles-based artist Kehinde Wiley creates portraits that feature urban men in poses from classical paintings, rendered in vibrant pop colors. Here's a brief description from his bio:
Los Angeles native and New York-based visual artist Kehinde Wiley has firmly situated himself within art history's portrait painting tradition. As a contemporary descendent of a long line of portraitists--including Reynolds, Gainsborough, Titian, Ingres, and others--Wiley engages the signs and visual rhetoric of the heroic, powerful, majestic, and sublime in his representation of urban black and brown men found throughout the world.
Below is a selection of his amazing paintings (the first four images) and photographs from the Black Light series that show why Wiley has developed a world-wide following.
George, Lord Digby and William, Lord Russell, 2007 Oil on canvas by Kehinde Wiley
George, Lord Digby and William, Lord Russell, 2007 Oil on canvas by Kehinde Wiley
 
The Three Graces, 2005 Oil and enamel on canvas by Kehinde Wiley
The Three Graces, 2005 Oil and enamel on canvas by Kehinde Wiley
 
Triple Portrait of Charles I 2007 oil on canvas by Kehinde Wiley
Triple Portrait of Charles I 2007 oil on canvas by Kehinde Wiley
 
Morpheus, 2008, Oil on Canvas by Kehinde Wiley
Morpheus, 2008, Oil on Canvas by Kehinde Wiley
 
Alston Sajery, After Hans Holbein the Youngers Portrait of Simon George, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
Alston Sajery, After Hans Holbein the Youngers Portrait of Simon George, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
 
Jerry Valdes, After Titians (Tiziano Vecellio) Repentant Mary Magdalene, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
Jerry Valdes, After Titians (Tiziano Vecellio) Repentant Mary Magdalene, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
 
Sharrod Hosten, After Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Samuel Johnson, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
Sharrod Hosten, After Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Samuel Johnson, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
 
Mark Shavers After Sir Anthony van Dycks Triple Portrait of Charles I, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
Mark Shavers After Sir Anthony van Dycks Triple Portrait of Charles I, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
 
Kofi Graham, After El Grecos (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) The Annunciation, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
Kofi Graham, After El Grecos (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) The Annunciation, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
 
Jonathan Swinton, After John Singer Sargents The Countess of Rocksavage, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
Jonathan Swinton, After John Singer Sargents The Countess of Rocksavage, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
 
Algorna Crawford, After Sir Joshua Reynolds Miss Susanna Gale, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
Algorna Crawford, After Sir Joshua Reynolds Miss Susanna Gale, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
 
After Pontormos Two Men with a Passage from Ciceros on Friendship, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 Kehinde Wiley
After Pontormos Two Men with a Passage from Ciceros on Friendship, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 Kehinde Wiley
 
After Jean August Dominique Ingres The Virgin with the Host, Black Light series Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
After Jean August Dominique Ingres The Virgin with the Host, Black Light series Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
 
Keyshawn Wamer, After Giovanni Bellinis St. Francis in the Desert, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
Keyshawn Wamer, After Giovanni Bellinis St. Francis in the Desert, Black Light series, Photograph 2009 by Kehinde Wiley
 

2 Responses

  1. cassandra

    photogpher kehinde wiley and toni braxton

  2. Valerie LaPlante

    While moving to see on this website, go and see Wiley’s work at the Ringling Museum in St. Pete, FL to get the full effect:)

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