There was no image of the other biological half of myself. And as an artists, as a - as an - as a portraitist, the look of who you are was radically important to me.
Kehinde WileyAt age 20 I went to go find my father in Nigeria. And after much toil, I finally figured out exactly where he was. And there's something about seeing your father for the first time - my mother destroyed all pictures of him.
Kehinde WileyWhat it is is a type of editorialization, you know? This is self-portraiture. This is what you think about the world we live in.
Kehinde Wiley