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Post by sleepboy on Apr 4, 2009 16:01:47 GMT -8
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Post by sleepboy on Apr 13, 2009 9:04:25 GMT -8
Never seen a drawing from him but someone was peddling one...  |
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Post by jediak on Apr 13, 2009 10:34:55 GMT -8
Love this guys work, especially the patterns he does around his subjects.
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Post by sleepboy on Aug 12, 2009 11:24:58 GMT -8
Nice!  |
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Post by meatbag on Sept 2, 2009 12:49:39 GMT -8
Ever since seeing one of his massive pieces for the first time at the Brooklyn Museum (while checking out the Murakami exhibit) I've been into his portraits. Very impressive stuff.
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Post by sleepboy on Dec 2, 2009 17:10:29 GMT -8
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Post by sleepboy on Dec 23, 2009 15:57:39 GMT -8
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Post by meatbag on Dec 23, 2009 19:39:46 GMT -8
I remember how striking his work was when I first saw his work at the Brooklyn Museum. The piece was amazing, and freakin huge hanging right in the main entrance area. Anyone seen that one?
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Post by outerborough on Dec 24, 2009 6:25:18 GMT -8
Yeah. That piece in the Brooklyn Museum lobby was probably the first time I really saw one of his paintings. I was really impressed, and studied it for a long time. But since then, he's been doing the same thing over and over. And seeing his last show at Deitch and the MJ piece at Basel, I feel he really needs to change soon or risk becoming a joke.
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Post by sleepboy on Jan 31, 2010 21:30:57 GMT -8
A couple nice videos from his project with PUMA in Africa.
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 8, 2010 21:44:11 GMT -8
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Post by hellosir on Feb 9, 2010 7:56:11 GMT -8
My French is rusty but it mentions a limited edition for the shoes but nothing about the art, I wonder what will become of it after its finished touring. Anyone familiar with corporate commissions like this? Will it go to SAf for the cup and then back to Puma HQ?
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Post by sleepboy on Nov 27, 2010 23:54:02 GMT -8
A new piece for the Roberts & Tilton booth at Art Basel.  |
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Post by sleepboy on Dec 13, 2010 23:15:21 GMT -8
A series of Sri Lanka paintings from Art Basel.[/b]    |
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Post by sleepboy on Apr 3, 2011 16:26:56 GMT -8
He will in LA for his show next weekend at Roberts & Tilton ( showthread), and will be giving a talk at the LACMA for those interested. I've heard him speak before and highly recommend it.  |
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Post by jefframirez on Apr 7, 2011 21:15:21 GMT -8
I enjoyed his presentation tonight. He is very charming.
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Post by lowpro on Apr 11, 2011 17:25:58 GMT -8
This might be silly to even consider and repost. But it caught my attention and I'm not that savvy with respect to Kehinde's artistic process enough.
Someone posted this over on hybepeast..
"All his stuff is out sourced to painters in china. He gets them back and does a few edits."
Any know if there's any truth to this?
Again, it seems mildly unlikely. But in the revitalized era of "concept as art" exercised by Murakami and Koons with execution being secondary as was the case with many old masters, you never know these days who's actually painting what. I find it hard to believe he ships off the work to Asia without directly overseeing the process in a local context. But I suppose I wouldn't be surprised if he has a team of assistant painters.
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Post by sleepboy on Apr 11, 2011 18:31:47 GMT -8
This might be silly to even consider and repost. But it caught my attention and I'm not that savvy with respect to Kehinde's artistic process enough. Someone posted this over on hybepeast.. "All his stuff is out sourced to painters in china. He gets them back and does a few edits." Any know if there's any truth to this? Again, it seems mildly unlikely. But in the revitalized era of "concept as art" exercised by Murakami and Koons with execution being secondary as was the case with many old masters, you never know these days who's actually painting what. I find it hard to believe he ships off the work to Asia without directly overseeing the process in a local context. But I suppose I wouldn't be surprised if he has a team of assistant painters. I know he does use assistants, but not sure what the details are. I do know he spends a lot of time traveling and photographing his subjects. Whatever the case may be, any artist who can afford to use assistants probably initially painted or created all of their own work but then as his ideas and concepts became more labor intensive, they resort to enlisting help. It does seem unusual though it the artist is not in the same location as the assistants although it probably happens with sculptural work more like Ryden's outsourced frames. The paintings were quite detailed and large so it would be hard for him to produce the amount he produces without help. Take a look at some of the opening pics here.       |
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Post by jefframirez on Apr 11, 2011 20:13:55 GMT -8
He has studios in New York, Beijing and Senegal. At the LACMA presentation, he said that his assistants paint the backgrounds and he paints the people. Still seems like a stretch to me.
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Post by lowpro on Apr 11, 2011 20:16:48 GMT -8
At the LACMA presentation, he said that his assistants paint the backgrounds and he paints the people. That's exactly what I was going to suggest. Thanks for the insight. What do you mean it seems like a stretch? That he even paints the people? |
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Post by jefframirez on Apr 11, 2011 20:21:21 GMT -8
It still just seems like a lot of work. If you're already willing to delegate so much work to assistants, I could see him not always sticking to the suggested people/background divide. I'm sure he's a busy man.
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Post by sleepboy on May 20, 2011 20:25:30 GMT -8
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Post by sleepboy on Mar 2, 2012 10:01:59 GMT -8
He paints a portrait of Santigold for the cover of her new album.  |
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Post by sleepboy on Apr 20, 2012 21:31:56 GMT -8
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Post by sleepboy on May 11, 2012 6:04:08 GMT -8
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