Kehinde Wiley’s works reference specific paintings by Titian and Tiepolo, but he incorporates a range of art historical and vernacular styles in his paintings, 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, slightly 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. Kehinde Wiley’s exhibition Infinite Mobility recently appeared at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. (viaDeitch)
Kehinde Wiley has blown my mind ever since I saw his LL Cool J at the National Portrait Gallery. Even more gorgeous IRL.
It’s like gay sex- just give it a try!
—Kevin Quashie, Queer Black Studies, talking about a dense upcoming reading. (via professorquotes)
Stephen Colbert Interviews Maurice Sendak About Newt Gingrich and Tallywackers | Comedy Central
Where The Wild Things Are was my favorite book when I was a kid. My mom used to read it to me so often that we both still have it memorized. I learned how to read with that book. So this is awesome. I’ve read some other interviews with him before and he’s such a badass cranky old man. I love it.
Maurice Sendak is the absolute best.
hahahaha good shit.
Skins Generation 3
Can’t wait for the new season.
(considering it’s the only show I watch)
(Source: frankyfitz)
