Black Light

by Kehinde Wiley

Kehinde Wiley painted President Obama's official portrait and this is an early book from him documenting his extraordinary talents.

"For most of Kehinde Wiley's very successful career, he has created large, vibrant, highly patterned paintings of young African American men wearing the latest in hip hop street fashion. The theatrical poses and objects in the portraits are based on well-known images of powerful figures drawn from seventeenth-...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576874869
• ISBN13: 9781576874868
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: powerHouse Books
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 12.2" x 15.1"