We are starting our self portrait project. Since the word of the year for 2013 was "Selfie" I thought this was an amazing resource. We are looking at the work of Kehinde Wiley, New York artist who puts hip hop artists and people off the streets in the same poses as European master portraits from centuries ago.
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| Da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine |
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| Wiley's Version of Napoleon crossing the Alps- 2005 |
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| Kehinde Wiley |
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| Kehinde Wiley |
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| The artist Kehinde Wiley himself |
Students pose for the photo, I print it out, they trace on transparency, put on projector and get large format. add crazy backgrounds, and paint.
Kehinde Wiley works big, so we did too: these are 18x 24 inches! Took us a month!
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