There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist.
Kehinde WileyI think what we should concentrate on is what it feels like to be a working artist in the day to day. One doesn't imagine what comes down the line.
Kehinde WileyJust physically, if you looked at the house that I grew up in, my mother created this greenhouse. And surrounded the entire property. And there was, like, trees and sculptures and like - it was, like, this crazy, like, secret garden space.
Kehinde WileyI think that gave rise to the type of practice that I - that I do now. I think it was informed by a very Marxist almost "use-value"-driven investigation of painting as agent. These are high-priced luxury goods for wealthy consumers, which are designed to deliver certain communicative effects.
Kehinde Wiley