Kehinde Wiley Grade 7

Who are some of Kehinde Wiley's favorite painters mentioned in the video?

• Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Edvard Munch

• Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Georgia O'Keeffe, Salvador Dali

• Teishen Tiapolo, Joshua Reynolds, Copley, John Singer Sargent

• Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Michelangelo

What is Kehinde Wiley's profession?

• Painter/Artist

• Chef

• Singer

• Photographer

What does Kehinde Wiley ask his models to do?

• To cook for him, To clean his studio, To do his laundry, To go through art history books and choose who they want to be

• To sing for him, To dance for him, To act for him, To play sports with him

• To study math, To learn a new language, To do yoga, To meditate

• To come to his studio and model for him in traditional poses.

What is the title of Kehinde Wiley's monumental sculpture?

• Rumors of War

• Gossip of War

• Rumors of Peace

• Whispers of War

What does Kehinde Wiley aim to do with his art according to the text?

• To annoy people, To disappoint people, To frustrate people, To ignore people

• To communicate power and shift the conversation about power and race

• To make people sad, To scare people, To bore people, To avoid people

• To make people laugh, To surprise people, To impress people, To distract people

What did Kehinde Wiley feel when making the portrait of the first African-American president?

• Excited, Nervous, Bored, Sad

• Happy, Honoured

• Inspired, Emotional, Frustrated, Disappointed

• Proud, Overwhelmed, Relieved, Indifferent

What does Kehinde Wiley want the world to see through his paintings?

• The ignorance, The arrogance, The selfishness, The humanity that he knows personally to be the truth

• The anger, The hatred, The violence, The humanity that he knows personally to be the truth

• The beauty, The joy, The success, The humanity that he knows personally to be the truth

• The darkness, The despair, The fear, The humanity that he knows personally to be the truth

What does Kehinde Wiley want to communicate through his art according to the video?

• Success and failure, Joy and sorrow, Hope and despair, Anger and peace

• Confusion and chaos, Ignorance and knowledge, Darkness and light, Pain and healing

• Beauty and ugliness, Truth and lies, Strength and vulnerability, Victory and defeat

• Power, beauty, authority, majesty

Why is Kehinde Wiley putting people of color into traditional poses of European royalty and power?

• To annoy people, To disappoint people, To frustrate people, To ignore people

• To have people that look like him in paintings too

• To make people sad, To scare people, To bore people, To avoid people

• To make people laugh, To surprise people, To impress people, To distract people