Selected Works

Kehinde Wiley is an artist who mixes the culture of the urban fabric he grew up in with the traditional portrait style in which he paints. His strikingly large paintings depict young African Americans and portrays them within the visual codes of power, wealth, masculinity and prestige. His paintings represent a juxtaposition of art history and modernity with the aim of making paintings that matter in the 21st century.

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