Projects
HOME 2020
A New Therapy 2020
The Dean Collection
Gordon Parks: Selections from the Dean Collection
Cooper Gallery, Harvard 2019Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated
2018DREAMWEAVERS 2019 — UTA Artist Space
No Commission: Miami 2018
No Commission: Miami 2017
No Commission: Berlin 2017
No Commission: Shanghai 2017
No Commission: London 2016
No Commission: Bronx 2016
LaToya Ruby Frazier, 6th Moscow Biennale 2015
Art of Empire 2015
Edge of Chaos 2015
BLACK EYE 2014 — Website
Kehinde Wiley, World Stage Jamaica 2013
Kehinde Wiley, Puma 2010
Kehinde Wiley,
World Stage Jamaica
2013An exhibition on colonial dynamics between Jamaica & Britain.
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
October 2013
Photography by Sesse Lind
Shot in Jaimaca and Brooklyn
In October 2013, Stephen Friedman Gallery presented ‘The World Stage: Jamaica', Kehinde Wiley's first ever UK solo exhibition. 'The 'World Stage', Wiley's vast and celebrated body of work, previously focused on Brazil, China, Israel, Nigeria, Senegal and Sri Lanka, with exhibitions held in museums and galleries in Europe and the USA.
The exhibition featured Jamaican men and women assuming poses taken from 17th and 18th Century British portraiture, the first one in the 'World Stage' series to feature portraits of women. The juxtaposition between the sitter and the art historical references reflects on the relationship between the island and its former colonial power. Wiley restaged this history, transforming the race and gender of the traditional art-historical hero to reflect the contemporary urban environment. The subjects' proud posturing refers to both the source painting and the symbolism of Jamaican culture, with its singular people and specific ideals of youth, beauty and style.
