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Kehinde Wiley
Biography
Applying the language and devices of royal portraiture to unnamed archetypes of the Black American experience, Kehinde Wiley bestows the pride and prestige of history painting to groups that it has too often overlooked. Rather than depicting the European aristocracy, Wiley’s portraits d’apparats place African Americans against florid backdrops and atop rearing horses, retaining the pomp and opulence of his historical antecedents and situating Black men and women dressed in everyday clothing as the subjects of art historical aggrandization. Often the accoutrements of urban life lend themselves quite readily to historical genres of portraiture; Air Jordans and Timberland boots can be as appropriate to monarchist might as emerald and ermine. Wiley’s goal is twofold: by subverting outmoded forms of expression through the substitution of the sitter, the artist criticizes the historical neglect of adequate Black representation and glorifies undeservingly maligned representatives of modern American life, what he calls “the ability to create painting and destroy painting at once.”
Wiley’s work has been the subject of universal acclaim. His work can be found in the collections of major institutions across the world, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. Wiley was also selected in 2017 to paint the official portrait of President Barack Obama, the first Black artist to be given such an honor. Recently, Wiley founded Black Rock, an artist residency in Dakar, Senegal, bringing an important artistic resource to the African continent.
Recent Kehinde Wiley headlines, Powered by Articker
16 May 2022 | VernissageTV
Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence / Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice (Italy)1 May 2022 | OutSmart Magazine
Kehinde Wiley’s Iconic Barack Obama Portrait Comes to Houston27 April 2022 | This Is Colossal
Kehinde Wiley Addresses Vulnerability and Resilience in a New Series of Monumental Portraits and Bronze Figures27 April 2022 | The New School
The 73rd Annual Parsons Benefit Honors Tory Burch, Lauren Santo Domingo, Darren Walker, and Kehinde Wiley20 April 2022 | Art Africa
Kehinde Wiley at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
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Kehinde Wiley
Big Daddy Kane
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $189,000
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Kehinde Wiley
Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Henri, Duc d'Orléans
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £289,800
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Kehinde Wiley
After La Negresse, 1872
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,340
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Kehinde Wiley
Louis XVI, the Sun King
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,970
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Kehinde Wiley
St. Francis of Adelaide
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
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Kehinde Wiley
Kid Ike
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $20,160
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Kehinde Wiley
Kid Ike
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $12,600
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Kehinde Wiley
Untitled (Mugshot)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $69,300
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Kehinde Wiley
Passing/Posing, Jean de Carondelet
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000
Sold for £151,200
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Kehinde Wiley
Rumors of War
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $403,200
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Kehinde Wiley
Passing/Posing (Mercury After Raphael)
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $226,800
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Kehinde Wiley
Passing/Posing (Decoration of the Chapel of the Sacrament in the Cathedral of Udine, Resurrection)
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $226,800
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Kehinde Wiley
Kid Ike
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $9,450
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Kehinde Wiley
After La Negresse, 1872
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $27,720
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Kehinde Wiley
Two works: (i) After El Greco's (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) The Annunciation; (ii) After George Romney's Elizabeth Warren as Hebe
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $47,880
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Kehinde Wiley
Portrait of Mickalene Thomas, the Coyote
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $378,000
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Kehinde Wiley
Passing/ Posing (Female Prophet Anne, Samuel's Mother) No. 2
Estimate £60,000 - 90,000
Sold for £100,800
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Kehinde Wiley
Saint Francis of Assisi
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £138,600
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Kehinde Wiley
Check II
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $100,000
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Kehinde Wiley
Passing/Posing: Lady Innes Study
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $60,000
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Kehinde Wiley
Portrait of Marcus Stokes
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $137,500
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Kehinde Wiley
Mugshot Profile, NYPD
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $100,000
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Kehinde Wiley
Cameroon Study
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
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Kehinde Wiley
Michael Borges Study (World Stage: Brazil)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $56,250
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