Kehinde Wiley's work cuts deep.In his paintings, he unsheathes the pain of historic and ongoing violence against Black and brown bodies.Unflinchingly he faces the imagery of power and reimagines its symbols.In his new show AnArchaeology of Silence opening at the de Young Museum on March 18, Wiley applies his voice and incredible talent to historic figures in positions of repose - soldiers slain in battle, Christ figures, swooning royalty - by exchanging white subjects for Black ones.
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