tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466314672723988836.post7762764627423200160..comments2023-09-30T00:43:13.890-07:00Comments on The Current Season: Kehinde Wiley and Legends of Unity at Deitchmoderatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07653277482083573538noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466314672723988836.post-85831834776266587282010-03-25T09:19:22.801-07:002010-03-25T09:19:22.801-07:00Worth noting also, I think, is the fact that (outs...Worth noting also, I think, is the fact that (outside of the US) football itself is very widely loved as a sport in a global context. Puma, and by extension Kehinde Wiley, are able to not only look at African culture and the unity of this figures to each other and to the sport, but implicitly their connection to the world at large. One could even potentially make that connection by looking at how Wiley has handled past works (utilizing very traditional European themes and injecting new and culturally distinct content) and his decisive use of an African icon as inspiration in this set of works, as if to imply a transcending of boundaries while still making his work relevant and appealing to a wider audience. In many ways while Wiley is talking about the culture of Africa and disparate African communities uniting, he seems also to be making strides at putting that community as a whole on the same playing field (in some ways literally) as the rest of the world.The Orrererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081181958901266024noreply@blogger.com