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  • Kehinde Wiley Explores the Beauty and Sadness of Nature in ‘Colorful Realm'

    11 days ago - By Hypebeast

    Kehinde Wiley has been working extensively in his hometown of Los Angeles over the past few years - from a statue commission in Crenshaw to a curatorial exhibition with Jeffrey Deitch. To follow, the LA native is showcasing a new body of work entitled Colorful Realm at Roberts Projects on La Brea. For this latest body of work, Wiley was inspired by the nature paintings of Japan's Edo-period, from artists such as Kitagawa Utamaro , Kiyohara Yukinobu , and Utagawa Kunisada , particularly in their use of negative space. “So much of my work is about appearance and showing up and being...
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