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Kehinde Wiley and Eugenie Tsai at the New York Public Library

In celebration of Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, a major exhibition of Wiley’s signature paintings and sculptures, the artist discusses his work over his prolific 14-year career with Eugenie Tsai, the John and Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum.

Accompanying this important exhibition is the gorgeously illustrated catalogue, Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, which surveys Kehinde Wiley’s career from 2001 to the present. Filled with reproductions of Wiley’s bold, colorful, and monumental work, Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic encompasses the artist’s various series of paintings as well as his sculptural work—which boldly explore ideas about race, power, and tradition. It includes early portraits of the men Wiley observed on Harlem’s streets, and which laid the foundation for his acclaimed reworkings of Old Master paintings by Titian, van Dyke, Manet and others, in which he replaces historical subjects with young African-American men in contemporary attire: puffy jackets, sneakers, hoodies and baseball caps. Also included is a selection from Wiley’s ongoing World Stage project; several of his enormous Down paintings; striking male portrait busts in bronze; and examples from the artist’s new series of stained-glass windows. Accompanying the illustrations are essays that introduce readers to the arc of Wiley’s career, its critical reception, and ongoing evolution.

Copies of ​​Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic​ ​​(Prestel, 2015) and also ​​Kehinde Wiley (Rizzoli, 2012) will be available for purchase and signing at the end of event.











When: Wed., Apr. 8, 2015 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
476 Fifth Ave.
917-275-6975
Price: Free
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In celebration of Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, a major exhibition of Wiley’s signature paintings and sculptures, the artist discusses his work over his prolific 14-year career with Eugenie Tsai, the John and Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum.

Accompanying this important exhibition is the gorgeously illustrated catalogue, Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, which surveys Kehinde Wiley’s career from 2001 to the present. Filled with reproductions of Wiley’s bold, colorful, and monumental work, Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic encompasses the artist’s various series of paintings as well as his sculptural work—which boldly explore ideas about race, power, and tradition. It includes early portraits of the men Wiley observed on Harlem’s streets, and which laid the foundation for his acclaimed reworkings of Old Master paintings by Titian, van Dyke, Manet and others, in which he replaces historical subjects with young African-American men in contemporary attire: puffy jackets, sneakers, hoodies and baseball caps. Also included is a selection from Wiley’s ongoing World Stage project; several of his enormous Down paintings; striking male portrait busts in bronze; and examples from the artist’s new series of stained-glass windows. Accompanying the illustrations are essays that introduce readers to the arc of Wiley’s career, its critical reception, and ongoing evolution.

Copies of ​​Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic​ ​​(Prestel, 2015) and also ​​Kehinde Wiley (Rizzoli, 2012) will be available for purchase and signing at the end of event.

Buy tickets/get more info now