September 24th, 2009
If you’re in New York this weekend, be sure to stop by Deitch Projects for a special party to celebrate the last night of artist Kehinde Wiley’s “Blacklight” exhibition and to promote “Free Arts NYC” — a charity whose programs provide arts education for underprivileged children and families around the five boroughs. Though there’s no cover at the door, guests are being encouraged to make a donation to Free Arts, or enter a $20 raffle drawing to win a limited-edition framed Wiley print. If you need a little more incentive: there’ll be free champagne flowing all night long and music by DJs Paul Sevigny (brother of Chloe) and Neil Aline. The event takes place this Saturday from 8pm onwards at Deitch Projects, 76 Grand Street in SoHo. Details on the flyer below:
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November 18th, 2008
New York-based artist Kehinde Wiley is at it again. His tendency to provoke and to polarize is alive and well in DOWN, a new series of large scale paintings on display at Deitch Projects in New York from Nov 1st to Dec. 20th. Wiley’s fascination with the recontextualization of the urban African American male is on full display in the epic series, which features various black males selected from the streets of Brooklyn. The men are then placed in iconic but often unsettling positions that recall notorious poses from the annals of art history. The inherent comedy derived from seeing young homeboys in somewhat lavish settings and sexually suggestive positions is smashed by the sense of dread and violence that hang so delicately over the paintings.
Wiley, always the provocateur, invites you to confront these paintings with an open mind, as their raw examination of racial representation and class structure is at once challenging and empowering. If you’re in town be sure to check them out.
DOWN is showing at the Deitch Projects until December 20th. Check out a preview below.
- Daniel Barna
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