Kehinde Wiley
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title:
Kehinde Wiley
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Kehinde Wiley is an American portrait painter based in New York City. He is known for his naturalistic paintings of black people that reference the work of Old Master paintings. In 2017, Wiley was commissioned to paint former President Barack Obama's portrait for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. The Columbus Museum of Art hosted an exhibition of his work in 2007 and describes his paintings as "heroic portraits which address the image and status of young African-American men in contempo
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American artist (born 1977)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehinde_Wiley
date created:
2005-08-12T13:30:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T22:09:51Z
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