Week 5 - Kehinde Wiley 
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?
I found the evidence of Intertextuality from the AVLC book (page44).
However, Kahinde Wiley's work is more like a portrait with French rococo and Islamic architecture background. Also it shows West African textile design to urban hipop and the "Sea Foam Green" of a Martha Stewart Interiors color swatch.
Kehinde's work relates to this weeks Post Modern theme "PLURALISM" re-read page 50 and discuss how the work relates to this theme?
Pluralism in art refers to the nature of artforms and artists as diverse. The cultural context of art is all encompassing in its respect. Inclusion of individuals of differing ethnicites, genders, ideologies, abilities, ages, regions, economics statue and educational levels is valued. Pluralism honours differences within and between equitable groups while their commonalities.
Wiley recreates history by inserting African Americans into the canon of art history, and in doing so expands our knowledge of how race has been expressed in it. Paul D. Miller, also known as D.J. Spooky states, “Wiley’s canvas surfaces are a mirror reflection of America’s unceasing search for new meanings from the ruins of the Old World of Europe and Africa. In the process of reflection, the world that we see on his canvas transforms the way we think about old and new, race, masculinity, and above all, the generous soul of an artist’s ability to provide a way of saying simply: another world is possible
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
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?
I found the evidence of Intertextuality from the AVLC book (page44).
However, Kahinde Wiley's work is more like a portrait with French rococo and Islamic architecture background. Also it shows West African textile design to urban hipop and the "Sea Foam Green" of a Martha Stewart Interiors color swatch.
Kehinde's work relates to this weeks Post Modern theme "PLURALISM" re-read page 50 and discuss how the work relates to this theme?
Pluralism in art refers to the nature of artforms and artists as diverse. The cultural context of art is all encompassing in its respect. Inclusion of individuals of differing ethnicites, genders, ideologies, abilities, ages, regions, economics statue and educational levels is valued. Pluralism honours differences within and between equitable groups while their commonalities.
Wiley recreates history by inserting African Americans into the canon of art history, and in doing so expands our knowledge of how race has been expressed in it. Paul D. Miller, also known as D.J. Spooky states, “Wiley’s canvas surfaces are a mirror reflection of America’s unceasing search for new meanings from the ruins of the Old World of Europe and Africa. In the process of reflection, the world that we see on his canvas transforms the way we think about old and new, race, masculinity, and above all, the generous soul of an artist’s ability to provide a way of saying simply: another world is possible
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
Hi YoungTeak! I am so surprised that we have the same think about Kehinde Wiley's work, the person who riding a house is try to mimic the hero Napoléon Bonaparte.And i agree about Kehinde's work raises questions around social/cultural hierarchies , colonisation, globalisation, stereotypes and the politics which govern a western worldview.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. Wiley is always questions ahout social and culture, globalisation and politics. He is smart by putting up models onto a master peice. his paitning stands between traditional and contemporaty art. He ranges from French rococo.
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