Kihende Wiley

Kehinde Wiley is a _________________________ artist.

• Contemporary

• Renaissance

• Abstract

• Primative

Where did Kehinde grow up?

• Nigeria

• New York City

• Los Angeles

• Tucson

When did Kehinde' Wiley die?

• 1985

• 1785

• 2000

• He is still alive

When Wiley was a child, his mother wanted him and his twin brother to stay out of the streets and so she supported their interest in ______________________________.

• art and enrolled them in after-school art classes.

• sports and enrolled them in after-school sport classes

• cooking and enrolled them in after-school cooking classes

• dance and enrolled them in after-school dance classes

Wiley and his brother spent a short time at a conservatory of art in Russia. Wiley noted that his brother was better at portraiture that he was and this created a competitive sense between them. The siblings would compete to see who could recreate the most ________

• amount of paintings

• flowers in a painting

• colorful painting

• realistic images

Kihende Wiley is known for his

• dull and boring use of color

• colorful shapes

• his abstract compositions

• highly naturalistic paintings of African Americans, frequently referencing the work of Old Master paintings

What is the signature background behind the people in Kehinde's art?

• Buildings

• Leaves, flowers and vines

• Clouds and sky

• He uses a plain single color background

How is Kehinde Wiley acknowledging the beauty of the African American culture?

• By wanting to paint celebrities.

• he wanted to capture the culture and identity of brown skinned people in a positive light.

• by copying the old master art to paint them better and make a lot of money.

• He added popular clothing.

Kihende Wiley largely bases his portraits on

• Friends and family

• Only famous people

• His portraits are based on photographs of young men whom Wiley sees on the street.

• people that he imagines.

In a number of his paintings, Wiley inserts black protagonists into _____________________

• Old Master paintings

• photographs

• strange places

• modern settings