Friday, August 4, 2017

Some Art References in Kehinde Wiley Show at OKC Museum of Art

Rubens, Philip II on Horseback  https://goo.gl/7ytSQC

Van Dyck, Equestrian Portrait of Charles I https://goo.gl/GZ3Hw9 

David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps https://goo.gl/5L9Kbo

Rigaud, Louis XIV (also with Van Dyck portrait of Charles I) https://goo.gl/bpZjU1 

Van Dyck, Charles I at the Hunt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHZojeuDLjM

Titian, Venus of Urbino (with references to other reclining nudes) https://goo.gl/Jeqtuv

A whole lineup of (very small images of) Memling portraits   http://www.frick.org/sites/default/files/pdf/press/Memling_images.pdf 

Ingres, Odalisque with Slave http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/299806 

Ingres, La Grande Odalisque https://goo.gl/NDeFou 

Re: Girls in long white dresses: Whistler, Symphony in White No. 1 (!) https://goo.gl/tDdxbG

GQ article (2013) on Wiley's search for models in North Africa http://www.gq.com/story/kehinde-wiley 

OKCMOA page, including video of artist's lecture at museum http://www.okcmoa.com/visit/events/kehinde-wiley-new-republic/