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3 unusual facts about Kehinde Wiley


Art Interview – International Online Artist Competition

The first place winner of the award receives a published interview in Art Interview Online Magazine alongside the interviews of well established artists such as: El Anatsui, Artists Anonymous, Jim Avignon, David Černý, Richard Estes, Janet Fish, Eric Fischl, Alex Katz, Oleg Kulik, Jesus Moroles, Sylvia Sleigh, Richard Stipl and Kehinde Wiley.

Kehinde Wiley

Wiley's Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps (2005) is based on Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1800) by Jacques-Louis David, often regarded as a "masterpiece", now restaged by Wiley with an African rider wearing modern army fatigues and a bandanna.

Dressed in street clothes, his models were asked to assume poses from the paintings of Renaissance masters, such as Tiziano Vecellio and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.


SCAD Museum of Art

Upon its re-opening on Oct. 29, 2011, the museum will kick off exhibitions by renowned contemporary artists Alfredo Jaar, Stephen Antonakos, Liza Lou, Bill Viola, Kendall Buster and Kehinde Wiley.


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