Kehinde Wiley – Hip Hop Portrait Artist
Kehinde Wiley has become one of the art world's brightest stars, specializing in portrait paintings that insert "brown faces" into the Western art they have long been absent from. He paints portraits of rappers, athletes, and kids off the street; some of his most famous portraits are of LL Cool J, Ice-T, Notorious B.I.G., and Michael Jackson. In GQ's April issue, writer Wyatt Mason tags along with the talented 36 year-old painter to North Africa to witness first-hand his approach, […]
