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It was an amazing childhood, despite what you might think about black struggle and poor neighbourhoods and the ghetto. My mother was an educated, budding linguist who really inspired us. Some of the leading indicators of success in the world have to do with how many books are in the house when you're a kid.

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I'm like a gypsy. I've got a place in Beijing, a place in New York, a place in west Africa; I'm working on a place in Colombia. I like the fact that painting is portable - and I've wanted my entire life to be able to see the world, to respond to it, and make that my life's work.

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My style is in the 21st century. If you look at the process, it goes from photography through Photoshop, where certain features are heightened, elements of the photo are diminished. There is no sense of truth when you're looking at the painting or the photo or that moment when the photo was first taken.

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The reality of Barack Obama being the president of the United States - quite possibly the most powerful nation in the world - means that the image of power is completely new for an entire generation of not only black American kids but every population group in this nation.

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The way we think about a presidential portrait is one that is imbued with dignity from the outset.

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You don't hire Kehinde Wiley to have a tame painting.

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Artists have been very good at working for the church and for the state; communicating the aspirations of a society.

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What is portraiture? It's choice. It's the ability to position your body in the world for the world to celebrate you on your own terms.

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I understand blackness from the inside out. What my goal is, is to allow the world to see the humanity that I know personally to be the truth.

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I'm about looking at each of those perceived menacing black men that you see in the streets all over the place, people that you oftentimes will walk past without assuming that they have the same humanity, fears that we all do.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: Unknown

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