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My work is not about paint. It’s about paint at the service of something else. It is not about gooey, chest-beating, macho ’50s abstraction that allows paint to sit up on the surface as subject matter about paint.

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Kehinde Wiley

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I’ve jokingly painted some of my favorite collectors as black men, so there’s a really great portrait of David LaChapelle, the photographer – my version of him – that’s in his collection.

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Artists should be able to thrive and allow their ideas to flourish as much as those in biotechnology or finance.

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May 3, 2024

Artists should be able to thrive and allow their ideas to flourish as much as those in biotechnology or finance.

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May 3, 2024

I’ve jokingly painted some of my favorite collectors as black men, so there’s a really great portrait of David LaChapelle, the photographer – my version of him – that’s in his collection.

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