Class Quote by Kehinde Wiley

“Painting is situational. And my particular situation exists within gender, race, class, sexuality, nation.”

Kehinde Wiley

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There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist.

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I believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.

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