Kehinde Wiley: A Twist on Urban Culture
Kehinde Wiley’s art work gives a twist to urban culture, and highlights a group of people who is usually persecuted for their beliefs, looks and culture. His exhibit at the Toledo Museum of Art left my mind in “aha,” and in fact, inspired me to dig deeper into his works. My intriguing curiosity led me to his website http://kehindewiley.com/about .
The streets of Harlem awakened Wiley’s keen eye to the natural-raw form of the brown skinned man; and eventually, took him on a journey to countries such as: Brazil, Jamaica, Haiti, Africa and the Middle East. His paintings, giving relevance to a social-political stance that many prefers to keep silent.
The below pictures are from different Kehinde Wiley exhibits and was on display at the Toledo Museum of Art:
The first picture is from his Brazil collection, and as I look at this picture, I see two men in agony. Suffering or even stuck in life they do not want. The color palette used: blue, white and brownish-yellowish may signify the mood of the painting, but also, explicitly, defines the two men as the focal area of the painting. The brownish-yellowish rocks I believe also signifies a hard life, but the white clouds in the blue sky, defines even though the two men are suffering or in agony, their suffering …show more content…
I was drawn to the color palette of emerald blue, yellow, green, red and brown. The emerald blue dresses remind me of power or pride, but the look on their face, especially, in their eyes reminds me of lost. The flowers that surround them reminds me of the sun because of the yellow, and the red inside, but again, I am drawn to the faces of the two sisters, which I believe is the focal area. When I look at their faces and the non-verbal of the painting, I see the sister in the longer dress comforting the sister in the short dress. Also, I believe the white paper maybe the topic of the bad
Kehinde Wiley’s art work gives a twist to urban culture, and highlights a group of people who is usually persecuted for their beliefs, looks and culture. His exhibit at the Toledo Museum of Art left my mind in “aha,” and in fact, inspired me to dig deeper into his works. My intriguing curiosity led me to his website http://kehindewiley.com/about .
The streets of Harlem awakened Wiley’s keen eye to the natural-raw form of the brown skinned man; and eventually, took him on a journey to countries such as: Brazil, Jamaica, Haiti, Africa and the Middle East. His paintings, giving relevance to a social-political stance that many prefers to keep silent.
The below pictures are from different Kehinde Wiley exhibits and was on display at the Toledo Museum of Art:
The first picture is from his Brazil collection, and as I look at this picture, I see two men in agony. Suffering or even stuck in life they do not want. The color palette used: blue, white and brownish-yellowish may signify the mood of the painting, but also, explicitly, defines the two men as the focal area of the painting. The brownish-yellowish rocks I believe also signifies a hard life, but the white clouds in the blue sky, defines even though the two men are suffering or in agony, their suffering …show more content…
I was drawn to the color palette of emerald blue, yellow, green, red and brown. The emerald blue dresses remind me of power or pride, but the look on their face, especially, in their eyes reminds me of lost. The flowers that surround them reminds me of the sun because of the yellow, and the red inside, but again, I am drawn to the faces of the two sisters, which I believe is the focal area. When I look at their faces and the non-verbal of the painting, I see the sister in the longer dress comforting the sister in the short dress. Also, I believe the white paper maybe the topic of the bad