Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Kehinde Wiley – The World Stage: Africa, Lagos – Dakar
Here’s a peak from Kehinde Wiley’s current exhibit at the Studio Museum In Harlem, where his latest monolithic paintings from the World Stage series are on view. For this body of work, Wiley situated himself in the both Lagos, Nigeria and Darkur, Senegal. Here, he found his models and invited them to pose in positions reflecting local statues and monuments from the African-European colonial period. This is not the first time the Studio Museum has welcomed Wiley. In fact, it was during his 2001 tenure as artist in residence that Wiley first experimented with having his subjects (then picked off the streets of New York) take on historical poses present in classical European portraiture. On view till October 26, 2009, free on Target Free Sundays. More after the jump, click pics for larger images.
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July 31st, 2008 at 3:47 pm
The Litmus: Late Edition « The Dapper Alchemist said:
[…] Wiley’s first solo is a must see [Studio Museum Harlem via TAC :: BLOG via […]
October 31st, 2008 at 8:27 am
the art collectors » Kehinde Wiley - Down said:
[…] show opens in the wake of Wiley’s last New York exhibit, World Stage: Africa, Lagos-Dakar (previously reported), at the Studio Museum in Harlem, which closed last week and will travel to ArtPace in San […]
November 7th, 2008 at 10:29 am
the art collectors » Must See::Kehinde Wiley - Down said:
[…] 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 […]
March 4th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
The Litmus: Late Edition | The Dapper Alchemist said:
[…] Wiley’s first solo is a must see [Studio Museum Harlem via TAC :: BLOG via […]
March 30th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
the art collectors » Kehinde Wiley - World Stage:Brasil Lecture + Opening said:
[…] 4th, at Roberts and Tilton, in Culver City, CA. The exhibit is the latest in Wiley’s ongoing World Stage series and further builds upon the artist’s ongoing exploration of modern black male […]