KEHINDE WILEY | Passing/Posing Annunciation

Deitch Projects, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

This work is in excellent condition overall. The stray media to the work is due to the artist's chosen materials and working method. Under close inspection, there are some scattered, non-obtrusive surface accretions. There is a localized area of accretions to the lower left quadrant that fluoresces under Ultraviolet light, likely from the time of execution. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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“So much of my work has to do with this difference between the way that the outside world sees a black body and the way that you inhabit it yourself, that cognitive distance between two-dimensional stereotypes versus the flavor in my mouth, the feel in my skin, the way that someone looks at me, the shock or the surprise or the welcome that appears in another human being’s body. It’s a very corporeal thing, it’s a very ideational thing, and I think at its best it’s something that we have to come to terms with as viewers, as Americans, as art consumers.” Kehinde Wiley