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This open edition 2023 leather basketball features Kehinde Wiley’s 2013 painting John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester from the artist's series The World Stage: Jamaica. First exhibited at Stephen Friedman Gallery in London, Wiley, using his notorious street casting method, places contemporary Jamaican natives in heroic poses that reference directly from 17th and 18th century British portraiture and feature background patterns inspired by British textiles. The body of works offers a corrective to the omission of the black figure from art history and specifically comments on the nature of the relationship between the United Kingdom and its former colonial holding. Wiley’s exhibition The World Stage: Jamaica is part of a broader project titled "The World Stage," which presents portraits of black and brown men and women the artist met in China, Brazil, Nigeria, Haiti, Israel, and India.  Regulation size, premium leather basketball Oiled pine basketball plinth with laser cut Kehinde Wiley......

This limited edition, 2023 leather basketball features Kehinde Wiley’s 2008 painting Morpheus, reimagined from the Jean-Antoine Houdon 1777 marble sculpture of the same name. Featured in the 2008 exhibition “Down” at Deitch Projects, the series references and re-conceptualizes classic pictorial forms of heroism in the face of death. Morpheus features a model from Brooklyn, lain across a white sheet while florals from the background spring into life around his body. Unlike its 18th century counterpart, he addresses onlookers with direct eye contact and a seductive look of invitation, with the repeating floral background protruding into the foreground. Regulation size, premium leather basketball in monogrammed cotton dust bag.  Heavy lucite basketball stand with beveled edges and engraved, Kehinde Wiley signature.  Net proceeds from your purchase support the artist in residence program Black Rock Sénégal, founded by Wiley in 2019. Basketballs ship deflated. Pump required. ...

Heavy lucite basketball stand with beveled edges and engraved, Kehinde Wiley signature.  Ball sold separately Net proceeds from your purchase support the artist in residence program Black Rock Sénégal, founded by Wiley in 2019.    

Add some art and color to your game with this limited-edition basketball featuring Kehinde Wiley's 2017 painting, Death of St. Joseph. Wiley’s painting derives its ideation from 18th Century classical biblical portraiture and the enigmatic art history of St. Joseph, boldly reimagined to engage with a contemporary audience.  The design emphasis is on the model’s open hand, inviting multi-cultural conversation and connection between time and place. Net proceeds from your purchase support the artist in residence program Black Rock Sénégal, founded by Wiley in 2019. Leather basketball in monogrammed cotton dust bag. Lucite basketball stand sold separately.   Basketballs ship deflated from the USA. Pump required....