Kehinde Wiley wonders aloud if he'll ever reach a career moment of such import and gravity as his famous 2018 portrait of Barack Obama, which has drawn crowds around the United States.
Kehinde Wiley was already well into his influential art career when his portrait of Barack Obama — arms crossed, perched on a chair amid brilliant foliage — was unveiled in 2018. But there's no doubt it changed the artist's life.
If Wiley, 46, is on a mission to make sure he's remembered for a lot more, he seems well on his way. With shows currently on both U.S. coasts, another headed to Paris, and growing artistic bases in Africa, he truly seems to be everywhere all at once."Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence" Wiley is also at work on a new portrait show on Black heads of state at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, scheduled for September.
Wiley's projects often overlap and intersect over a number of years. His current Cuba show stems from two visits there, in 2015 and in 2022. Just like Obama's portrait features, in its background, flowers from places of significance in the president's life, the backgrounds of the Cuba paintings are comprised of"things from Africa that found their way to the Americas like sugar cane, yams, cola nut, okra … All of these fit into the narrative of African presence in the Americas."
Museumgoer La Tanya Carmical, 66, of Castro Valley, was struck by that commentary, particularly"the tragedy in her voice." Carmical took a Friday in March to see the show, where she spent four hours. She was particularly moved by an image of a man laying on rocks.
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Kehinde Wiley is taking his art everywhere, all at onceKehinde Wiley wonders aloud if he’ll ever reach a career moment of such import and gravity as his famous 2018 portrait of Barack Obama, which has drawn crowds around the United States. But he’s continuing to expand his cultural influence — seemingly everywhere all at once. He currently has shows running on both coasts, at San Francisco’s de Young Museum and at the Sean Kelly gallery in New York. He is also building a second artist residency in Africa, this one in Nigeria to add to one in Senegal. And he has another big show heading for a Paris museum in the fall.
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Kehinde Wiley is taking his art across the country and around the worldKehinde Wiley was already well into his influential art career when his portrait of Barack Obama — arms crossed, perched on a chair amid brilliant foliage — was unveiled in 2018. But there’s no doubt it changed the artist’s life.
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