My long time friend D. Williams and I decided to check out artwork from Kehinde Wiley at 76 Grand Street, NYC. The gallery is part of the Deitch Projects. It was a small installation with about 16 pieces on display, but they are very interesting. Here’s a excerpt from the project:
“Deitch Projects is pleased to present Black Light, an exhibition of photographs by Kehinde Wiley that thrusts the black male image, captured by means of light manipulation and digital technology, into focus. This shuffle of Wiley’s artistic process reveals an integral component of his studio practice rarely seen while remaining, uniquely, Kehinde Wiley portraiture…(read on)“
