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Kehinde Wiley, “Willem van Heythuysen" 2006, oil and enamel on canvas, 106x82 in. Wiley (b.1977), an African American artist,  paints black men and women recreated in classical positions of power and prestige. The VMFA, where this piece is held, states, "Wiley’s lavish, larger-than-life images of African-American men play on Old Master paintings. His realistic portraits offer the spectacle and beauty of traditional European art while simultaneously critiquing their exclusion of people of color." Welded Art, Kehinde Wiley, Kunsthistorisches Museum, African American Artist, European Art, African American Art, Black Artists, Museum Of Fine Arts, Art Plastique

Kehinde Wiley, “Willem van Heythuysen" 2006, oil and enamel on canvas, 106x82 in. Wiley (b.1977), an African American artist, paints black men and women recreated in classical positions of power and prestige. The VMFA, where this piece is held, states, "Wiley’s lavish, larger-than-life images of African-American men play on Old Master paintings. His realistic portraits offer the spectacle and beauty of traditional European art while simultaneously critiquing their exclusion of people of…

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