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Sto caricando le informazioni... Kehinde Wiley: A New Republicdi Connie H. Choi
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This beautifully produced book was brought together on the occasion of a retrospective exhibit of Kehinde Wiley's work at the Brooklyn Museum in 2015. The plates are arranged chronologically and many are accompanied by short essays by a wide variety of art historians, art critics, artists, and even poets that contextualize and respond to Wiley's work. In addition, two longer essays start out the book by giving us an introduction to the exhibit and an overview of Wiley's work and its reception. I was mostly familiar with Wiley from his portrait of President Obama in the National Portrait Gallery, and just slightly aware of his other paintings. Spending some time with this work and reading the accompanying reflections gave me a deeper appreciation for what Wiley is doing and how exactly he is doing it. I am jealous of anyone who has gotten to see his work in person, especially all in context at one of his openings -- they sound wild! This was given to me as a gift by a friend who apparently has a sixth sense for what will hit me just right (thanks, Des ( ) This gorgeous book is the catalog for an exhibit of Wiley's work at the Brooklyn Museum. There are two longish contextual essays and dozens of shorter blog-like entries by numerous authors addressing specific plates or groups of plates. Some of them are more art historical, some more personal, and others are poems. Among the artists I know, none of them like Wiley that much (maybe they're just jealous!). I realize he's not exactly avant-garde but I adore his work. I find it conceptually important and visually invigorating. My students like him, too. I think he hits the sweet spot of approachability and rigor that he is going for. This book is awesome and I really enjoyed reading through it and absorbing the outstanding production values of the huge full-color plates. It is always a treat to see a Wiley painting in person, but this is the next best thing. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
"The works presented in Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic raise questions about race, gender, and the politics of representation by portraying contemporary African American men and women using the conventions of traditional European portraiture. The exhibition includes an overview of the artist's prolific fourteen-year career and features sixty paintings and sculptures. Wiley's signature portraits of everyday men and women riff on specific paintings by Old Masters, replacing the European aristocrats depicted in those paintings with contemporary black subjects, drawing attention to the absence of African Americans from historical and cultural narratives. The subjects in Wiley's paintings often wear sneakers, hoodies, and baseball caps, gear associated with hip-hop culture, and are set against contrasting ornate decorative backgrounds that evoke earlier eras and a range of cultures. Through the process of "street casting," Wiley invites individuals, often strangers he encounters on the street, to sit for portraits. In this collaborative process, the model chooses a reproduction of a painting from a book and reenacts the pose of the painting's figure. By inviting the subjects to select a work of art, Wiley gives them a measure of control over the way they're portrayed"--Brooklyn Museum website. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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