3. Kehinde Wiley Count Potocki, 2008 oil on canvas, 274.3 x 274.3cm |
4. Kehinde Wiley Support Army and Look after People, 2007 oil on canvas, 258.4 x 227.3cm |
Kahinde Wiley is a Gay American based painter born in Los Angeles, who has an international reputation. Wiley lives and practices between Beijing and Brooklyn.
This weeks ALVC class focuses on the Postmodern theme "INTERTEXTUALITY", re-read Extract 1 The death of the author on page 39 of your ALVC books and respond to the oil paintings of Kehinde Wiley.
1. Find a clear definition of Intertextuality and quote it accurately on your blog using the APA referencing system. Use your own words to explain the definition more thoroughly.
“‘Intertextuality’ is used in literary criticism to describe the variety of ways that texts interact with other texts, and in particular to focus on the interdependence between texts rather than their discreteness or uniqueness.” (Montgomery, M. 2000; Durant, A. 2000; Fabb, N. 2000; Furniss, T. 2000; Mills, S. 2000, p. 191)
Intertextuality is a way of having contact with the originals, by creating or making something new, following with the originals method or structures.
2. Research Wiley's work and write a paragraph that analyzes how we might make sense of his work. Identify intertextuality in Wiley's work.
Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Jacques Louis David
Year 1800
Year 1800
Oil on Canvas
Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps, 2005
Kehinde Wiley
Oil on canvas
Kehinde Wiley
Oil on canvas
The way how he create his work is, I would say he imitates original artwork, then modify it with a post modernism style of painting his artwork.
His work does have relation to intertextuality, this is because referring to intertextuality, is having contact with the original work, which will also remind us from this new piece of artwork, to the original artwork. Just like the Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps, comparing to the oil on canvas painting painted by Jacques Louis David.
3. Wiley's work relates to next weeks Postmodern theme "PLURALISM" . Read page 46 and discuss how the work relates to this theme.
According to Caldwell (1999):
Pluralism in art refers to the nature of artforms and artists as diverse. The cultural context of art is all encompassing in its respect for the art of the world’s cultures. Inclusion of individuals of differing ethnicities, genders, ideologies, abilities, ages, religions, economic status and educational level is valued.
Pluralism, in the art way of saying is base on varieties of subjects combining together into one piece of art, for example of Wiley’s work, Napoleon Leading the Army over and Alps, the young black man dressed in contemporary clothing, substitute with the original Napoleon Bonaparte, the king of Spain; he uses the black cultural, to show historical traditions to critiques to the historical tradition that does not acknowledge the black cultural. This also shows that Wiley tries to show the black identity but also question of western painting which not only the white are allowed to be the “noble” being painted.
4. Comment on how Wiley's work raises questions around social/cultural hierarchies , colonisation, globalisation, stereotypes and the politics which govern a western worldview.
Wiley's work raises question about why does the "white" race which were seen to the society as more powerful, elegant, higher status than the " black " race, and why the "black" race are considered as less important and always being judged as thugs, or trouble makers. When we look back at the time frame of Renaissance, paintings of portraits are usually with the "white" races being the high and mighty Nobel, he creates these artwork referencing intertextuality with the black races replacing the white race as the subject of the painting.
5. Add some reflective comments of your own, which may add more information that you have read during your research.
As I was researching more information about Wiley, I find it really interesting in the way he makes his work, his style of work gives me a feeling of "fair-play", races which are all equal, no racism; the vivid colours which he uses are attractive, and more of a contemporary art in my opinion, and on top of that, detail patterns as background of the painting are one of the points I really admire.
Reference :
Books:
Montgomery, M. ; Durant, A. ; Fabb, N. ; Furniss, T. ; Mills, S. (2000) Ways of Reading – Advanced reading skills for students of English literature. New York, USA: Routledge
AUT University (2011). Acadamic Literacies in Visual Communication 2: Resource Book. Auckland, New Zealand: Lyceum Press
Websites –
Wikipedia – Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (n.d.) Retrieved August 25th, 2010, from
Flickr, By Wallg (n.d) Retrieved August 25th, 2010, from
http://www.cretique.com/archives/4012
http://www.deitch.com/artists/sub.php?artistId=11
I like the fact that you point out the question correctly. “why does the white race which were seen to the society as more powerful, elegant, higher status than the black race and why the black race are considered as less important and always being judged as thugs or trouble maker” this quote that you said is a very powerful way to ask the world why black race are worse than white race. It’s very straight forward and it’s also easy to tell what it means. I personal think that you have creative a view point where the world should see why are there racism around us, there shouldn’t be any racism around the world, because everyone is equal, black race can speak so can white race, we are all human, therefore should be treated same.
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