NEW YORK---Kehinde Wiley is a portrait painter. Wiley is also arguably one of this century's most celebrated and important artists to date. With his powerful, realistic images of black people in heroic poses, his work turns centuries of art history on its head. Wiley's is a name every 20-something, art lover or not, should know. Born in Los Angeles in 1977, the African-American artist works within the boundaries set by the Old European portrait masters like Titian. Wiley's twist is that he frames the black cultural experience within the pomp, majesty and enormous gilded frames of white art history. And people are paying attention. [link]
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