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| 3. Kehinde Wiley Count Potocki, 2008 oil on canvas, 274.3 x 274.3cm |
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| 4. Kehinde Wiley Support Army and Look after People, 2007 oil on canvas, 258.4 x 227.3cm |
Kahinde Wiley is a Gay American based painter born in Los Angeles, who has an international reputation. Wiley lives and practices between Beijing and Brooklyn.
This weeks ALVC class focuses on the Postmodern theme "INTERTEXTUALITY", re-read Extract 1 The death of the author on page 39 of your ALVC books and respond to the oil paintings of Kehinde Wiley.
1. Find a clear definition of Intertextuality and quote it accurately on your blog using the APA referencing system. Use your own words to explain the definition more thoroughly.
“Intertextuality is the shaping of texts' meanings by other texts”
Wikipedia ,n.d
Intertextuality is when you have artwork or it can be writing and find aspects of it that can be found in common with others work in order to familiarise it and relate to it so it is understandable. This concept is used throughout art today as people reference their work to past artists and in some cases try to duplicate what they have created like that of the picture in the ALVC book of Marcel Duchamps Mona lisa compared to the original Leonardo Di Vinci’s.
2. Research Wiley's work and write a paragraph that analyzes how we might make sense of his work. Identify intertextuality in Wiley's work.
Wiley’s work is photography of young black men and painting the image into to European portraiture to create different ideas of the automatic stereotypes people place on these men due to their dress code and there appearance. Wiley’s models from the street assume poses which he can paint them into a position of power which refers to moments in history of irony as it was not the case in history and slavery of the black man was occurring. Intertextuality can be found through his work in the idea of the European portraiture type background which can be called “Old Master painting” (Wikipedia.com,n.d) from artists like Edwin Lanseer with reference to colour use and background ane representation of the men. Many other references can be found from different time periods. “creates a fusion of period styles, ranging from French Rococo, Islamic architecture and West African textile design to urban hip hop and the "Sea Foam Green" of a Martha Stewart Interiors color swatch “(Wikipedia.com,n.d)
3. Wiley's work relates to next weeks Postmodern theme "PLURALISM" . Read page 46 and discuss how the work relates to this theme.
According to Caldwell (1999 AlVC Handbook)”Pluralism honours differences within and between equitable groups while seeing their commonalities” Wiley’s work shows this aspect but honouring the equality of a different ethnicity as generally the white man was dominant and was generally portrayed in art through the Western society. Because Wiley’s art references times that are historic in Europe with the style and portrays modern black males he shows there importance and how they are equally as important as the white man. Pluralism is a strong theme through Wiley’s work.
4. Comment on how Wiley's work raises questions around social/cultural hierarchies , colonisation, globalisation, stereotypes and the politics which govern a western worldview.
Wileys work raises a lot of question and makes a lot of statements about social and cultural hierarchies. It makes a statement that the white men are what is commonly seen in the pass in portraits and in the past as the powerful people in western civilisations. Wiley shows that this concept is slowly being abolished and equality within social/cultural hierarchies is becoming greater. He is enforcing this idea by showing that equality is the way. Question can also be seen being raised within stereotypical views from the public. Wiley portrays black men in a dress code which could be described as a gangster but presents them in a position of power which raises a question do we see these men in the same manner as what we have positioned white men in similar portraits of a heroic manner. Concepts in his art are becoming far more recognised throughout different cultures and people are beginning to replicate work with similar ideas to this showing how his work relates to colonisation.
5. Add some reflective comments of your own, which may add more information that
you have read during your research.
I find his work extremely appealing and the fact he raises these questions to viewers he does this in huge manners in one of his exhibitions “down” he displayed eight large painting where he even portrayed one of his artist models as the fallen Christ to show that black men are equal and even though jesus is generally painted as a white man it does not make black man any less of a man.i really appreciate his work as i find he is doing something courageous and expressing many are afraid to stand out and say. I find his style of presenting his models in this heroic manner the same way in which positions of power would have been painted in the past is very appropriate and iconic. Many black men are influential in todays world like sports players or rappers who would have similar dress codes to his models possibly and have positions of power today.
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The bold patterning in Wiley’s work is very post- modern as in old European style portraiture the back drop for the subject would often be subdued as the person would be the main focus. Wiley has definitely taken this style of painting and put his own spin on it which sends a colourful and bold message to each viewer about stereotypical hierarchies, how we view other ethnicities. The powerfully proud poses the men are in against the floral backgrounds creates a great contradiction in his work which is interesting.
ReplyDeletewhen Question can also be seen being raised within stereotypical views from the public where Wiley portrays black men in a dress code which could be described as a gangster but presents them in a position of power which raises a question do we see these men in the same manner as what we have positioned white men in similar portraits of a heroic manner. i think your that wileys work is in such a different manner from any other artist that you have to look at it in a totally different view from how u look at any1 else art.. i think that his art is very political and every piece he crests has a lot of power and meaning behind it.
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