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This 3.25 x 4 in. shield shaped patch features Kehinde Wiley’s 2005 painting Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps, reimagined from Jacques Louis-David’s equestrian portrait, Napoleon Crossing the Alps. Wiley’s composition is nearly identical to its 1801 counterpart, replacing the original background of Great St. Bernard Pass with an ornate monogram one, which protrudes around the equestrian into the foreground. Enrobed in camouflage and Timberland boots, the model is surrounded by sperm cells floating throughout the canvas, homoerotically satirizing the perpetuated masculine might that lives within the traditional practice of equestrian portraiture. Dye-sublimation with gold merrowed borders and iron on backing. Net proceeds from your purchase support the artist in residence program Black Rock Sénégal, founded by Wiley in 2019.   ...

This 3 x 3 in. circular patch features Kehinde Wiley’s 2020 painting Portrait of Asia-Imani, Gabriella-Esnae, and Kaya Palmer. The models, a mother with her two young daughters, are residents of London. The models for this series were scouted in the East London Neighborhood of Dalston. The backgrounds used in this series were taken from William Morris wallpaper designs, utilized in conjunction with the acclaimed feminist text, The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Wiley’s The Yellow Wallpaper exhibition explored the themes of femininity and insanity, as described in the eponymous text, and places the female sitters in the language of the decorative to reconcile the themes of blackness and gender with a beautiful and terrible past, as the models gaze back at the viewers surrounded by Morris’ lavish and enveloping patterning.  Dye-sublimation with orangemerrowed borders and iron on backing. Net proceeds from your purchase support the artist in residence program Black......