Mel Bochner was able to give me the tools to look at those types of experiences, register them with my own, but also hold them far enough away to see them 360.
Kehinde WileyWhereas I remember being in Dakar, in Senegal, where I have my third studio, and street casting, and I remember looking at the faces of the young men that we were speaking to through translators and so on, showing them the books. Complete - completely different response.
Kehinde WileyThe backgrounds by design are a very key part of the conversation, because I want a kind of fight or pressure to exist between the figure and the background.
Kehinde WileyI believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.
Kehinde Wiley