Archive for November 7th, 2008
Friday, November 7th, 2008
Shepard Fairey Obama Victory Print
As anticipated, here’s one more Obama print, this time celebrating the victory Shepard Fairey has championed through his prolific campaign art. Yes We Did is an offset print measuring 24 x 36, and has been produced in an edition of 5000, with the first 1000 signed by Fairey. The print will be available via MoveOn.org, Saturday, Nov. 8, at 12:30 EST. $500 will get you the more limited signed version, and a mere $80 the larger unsigned edition of 4000. For those still in a festive mood after Tuesday’s results, what better way to celebrate your new president than with the below bottle of wine designed by Fairey for Kenwood Vineyards.
Friday, November 7th, 2008
Must See::Kehinde Wiley - Down
With Down, Brooklyn based Kehinde Wiley has accomplished a monumental new body of work, which stand as defining moment in the artist’s career and testament to true mastery of craft. The focal point of the exhibit are seven new oil paintings (spanning up to twenty five feet in length), which make specific references to works of European sculpture and painting from both the Renaissance and later neoclassical figurative periods. Here, Wiley reappropriates African American males into allegories of religion, death, mythology, and icons fallen from grace.
With the monolithic scale of this series, bold use of color, ornate patterns, and simultaneous references to modern street aesthetics (Nike, aNYthing, Billionaire Boy’s Club, Prada) and classical European cultures, Wiley has accomplished a wildly appealing visual vocabulary that reveals an artist at the apex of his still young career.
Down is Kehinde Wiley’s third solo show with Deitch Projects, and second New York exhibit this year (World Stage: Africa, Lagos - Dakar closed Oct 23 at the Studio Museum of Harlem).
The Art Collectors presents an extensive set of photographs from Down, alongside some of the original European works referenced by Wiley. Click images for larger views.
Kehinde Wiley - Down
Nov. 1 - Dec. 20
Deitch Projects
18 Wooster Street
NY, NY 10013
info@deitch.com
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