Kehinde WileyコミュのNew From Cerealart, A Series of Three Busts by Kehinde Wiley

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Cerealart is introducing the first two, in a series of three, cast marble and resin busts by Kehinde Wiley.
Kahinde has employed the classic bust as a new medium in his exploration of the sacred and secular themes of the Renaissance and Baroque. Kahinde's portrait references give new meaning to embedded codes of gesture and dress, past and present, while provoking a reconsideration of lingering stereotypes about masculinity, race and class in our society today.

The first bust is a Bernini influenced, Baroque style composition positioning a young man dressed in contemporary urban street attire styled as a 17th century monarch. The heroic pose is vigorously alive and imperious. The cloak, or hoodie in this case, is swept up, as if by a gust of wind, and the figure turns with resolute composure in the direction of the wind, as if calmly facing a challenge.

The 2nd Neoclassical bust is reminiscent of a philosopher in Rafael’s legendary "School of Athens". The strong, athletic young man dressed in street attire holds a book, scepter and a cognac bottle substituted for a wine jug.? His soul searching contemplative eyes are have the feeling of Cezanne's "Still Life with Skull" or Rogier van der Weyden "Portrait of a Man Holding a Book." The composition is familiar but the influences are beyond easy recognition. The philosopher appears as a hero in pursuit of revealing the universal truth in the 21st Century.

?Although, Kehinde Wiley's works reference specific paintings by Titian and Tiepolo, he draws from a range of art historical and vernacular styles in his compositions, from the French Rococo to the contemporary urban street. Wiley collapses history and style into a uniquely contemporary vision. He describes his approach as "interrogating the notion of the master painter, at once critical and complicit." He makes figurative paintings that "quote historical sources and position young black men within that field of power.'' His "slightly heroic" figures, sometimes larger than life size, are depicted in poses of power and spiritual awakening. He deliberately mixes images of power and spirituality, using them as a filter in the portrayal of masculinity. After receiving his MFA from Yale in 2001 Kehinde Wiley began exhibiting at Deitch Projects in New York and the Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago. His exhibition Infinite Mobility recently appeared at the Brooklyn Museum in New York and is traveling to The Columbus Museum. He opens a new exhibition of paintings at Rhona Hoffman on September 8.

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Kehinde Wiley Bust Untitled #1
Edition: 250 signed and numbered
Material: Cast marble dust and resin
Dimensions: 12” x 10” x 6” / 30.48cm x 25.4cm x 15.24cm

Kehinde Wiley Bust Untitled #2
Edition: 250 signed and numbered
Material: Cast marble dust and resin
Dimensions: 12” x 10” x 6” / 30.48cm x 25.4cm x 15.24cm

Pre-publication price: $1000.00. To order please visit cerealart.com or call 215.627.5060. The Kehinde Wiley busts are also available at Rhona Hoffman Gallery