Black Light

First edition of Black Light by Kehinde Wiley (2009)

First impression 

Large format hardback in as new condition 

Comes with a dust jacket

About

The first monograph from Kehinde Wiley showcases his larger-than-life figures, which disturn and interrupt tropes of portrait painting. He blurs the boundaries between traditional and contemporary modes of representation and the critical portrayal of masculinity as it pertains to black men. The models, dressed in street-wear, assume poses found in painting representative of a white, western history. Without shying away from the socio-political histories relevant to the subjects, Wiley's heroic images exhibit a unique modern style and awakens complex issues.