Kehinde Wiley, a New York based portrait painter, has been working on placing black subjects in Western paintings since 2001. He was born in Los Angeles, …show more content…
Michael Jackson sits on the top of King Phillip’s horse emitting the same power and glory as the king. He did the painting in 2009, right after the pop star’s death. This painting shows that all men are fit to be King, despite his race. On the top right of the painting are two angels, one black and one white, their arms entwined. The angels seem to be friends and close to each other, showing that friendship, innocence and holiness has nothing to do with race. This concept is quite rare as angels are usually seen in paintings in a milky white skin color, since white represents purity. Here, we can see that angels can be black too and equally innocent and