The artists ultimately respond to the public.
At the same time I really enjoy painting flesh.
I actually studied cooking and, like, was thinking about becoming a chef.
It was something that came sort of matter-of-factually. Because there - it's like really - real honest engagement with the people around me and just like really honestly being a little bit confused, quite frankly, about Harlem.
I think that an obsession with art history gave rise to the work.
I think that the Kehinde Wiley brand is something that I'm working towards expanding and to inclusion.