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oil paint enamel
Currently on view at
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Mint Museum Auxiliary, the Katherine and Thomas Belk Acquisition Fund, and Kelle and Len Botkin
Kehinde Wiley’s portraits of young African-American men reference famous portraits by the Old Masters. In juxtaposing contemporary urban imagery with the style and scale of the Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo periods, Wiley bestows the power and authority of Eurocentric Western painting onto his anonymous models who emphasize black masculinity and strength. The floral patterning of the background highlights the figure and subsequently offers Wiley’s subject a place of prominence, and gives expression to men who often occupy a place of invisibility in society. The titles of Wiley’s paintings are culled from specific art historical precedents. "Philip the Fair" is the title of the 15th century stained glass image of Philip IV of France, who was infamously nicknamed “the fair,” as a description of his appearance as well as an ironic allusion to his treacherous reign.
Accession Number: 2022.2
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