ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By
Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
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| Kehinde Wiley’s "Portrait of Moerai Matuanui" (2019); Huile sur lin/ Oil on linen; 72 x 60 3/8 in. at Galerie Templon in Paris, France through July 20, 2019 |
We’re back from our fantasy island trip to
Key West, to finally discover the big news of the solo show, “
Tahiti: Kehinde Wiley” in Paris. It’s
Kehinde Wiley’s response to Paul Gaugin’s fantasy island escape to Tahiti, and his erotic depictions of their
trans women known as
Māhū spiritual leaders (S
ee “
Pape Moe"). Gauguin knew Tahiti was right for him, but he painted for Christian colonizers, and Kehinde delves more deeply into Gaugin’s fantasy. That’s why “
Portrait of Moerai Matuanui” makes Kehinde Wiley, our artist of the week...
again.
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| The Siesta, 2019 Huile sur lin / Oil on linen 183 x 244 cm 72 x 96 1/8 in. photo : Diane Arques / ADAGP, Paris, 2019 |
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| Portrait of Tuatini Manate,III, 2019 Huile sur lin / Oil on linen 180 x 241,5 cm 70 7/8 x 95 1/8 in. photo : Diane Arques / ADAGP, Paris, 2019 |
