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Who: Kehinde Wiley is a New York-based portrait painter
What: Museum Exhibition
Where: Brooklyn Museum -200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052
When: Until May 24, 2015
How Much: Adults $16
Why: Kehinde Wiley’s: 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. I researched Kehinde Wiley after finding out that he was the artist behind some of the great paintings on the hit show Empire. Specifically, Wiley’s Le Roi a La Chasse is featured in the dining room of Lucious Lyon’s house. (ring a bell?) The painting is part of Wiley’s Rumors of War series, works inspired by the history of equestrian portraiture. Read more about the Art on Empire here.
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And don’t forget to visit Kehinde Wiley’s Site Here
