Q&A with Kehinde Wiley

nik.mercer — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:26:50 -0800

Kehinde Wiley made a monumental splash when he started painting hip-hop’s leading lights in the style of traditional, Old Master-style portraiture. He’s since moved beyond rap icons, but has still remained committed to introducing thorny issues of how gender and identity is presented against the backdrop of art history. His most recent