Kehinde Wiley: The World Stage Jamaica

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Kehinde Wiley: The World Stage Jamaica

The painting of New York-based Kehinde Wiley (born 1977) fuses portraiture and pattern, situating modern subjects in traditional heroic poses against richly patterned backgrounds. Despite the multitude of layers, the abundance of allusions both traditional and contemporary, the results are conceptually clear and impressive. In the works reproduced in Kehinde Wiley: The World Stage Jamaica, the artist paints young, urban Jamaican men and women in poses appropriated from colonial-era British portraiture, who are placed against and intertwined with backgrounds from British textile designer William Morris. Wiley thus restages history: the race and gender of the colonial hero have been transformed. The dignified, strong pose refers not only to the conventions of the genre, but also to the symbolism of Jamaican culture and its particular ideals of style and beauty. Within a single frame, Wiley combines a traditional mode of portraiture, the ongoing complexities of colonialism and a proud, unique, modern culture--a narrative of contemporary Jamaica. Alongside full-color illustrations and installation images from Wiley's exhibition at the Stephen Friedman Gallery, an extensive essay from leading British-Ghanaian cultural commentator Ekow Eshun explicates the symbolism at play in Wiley's work.

Country	USA
Artist	Kehinde Wiley
Author	Ekow Eshun
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Wiley, Kehinde (CON)/ Eshun, Ekow
EAN	9780957567481
ISBN	0957567480
Label	Stephen Friedman Gallery
Manufacturer	Stephen Friedman Gallery
MPN	illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	59
PartNumber	illustrations
PublicationDate	2014-07-31
Publisher	Stephen Friedman Gallery
Studio	Stephen Friedman Gallery
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Kehinde Wiley: The World Stage Jamaica

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