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thenewgreen  ·  3737 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Kehinde Wiley: The Officer of Hussars - 2007

I like both paintings for different reasons. I am unclear based on your post, which one was purchased by the DIA?

I will say that I far prefer the second one you've posted. It's fantastic, but still within reason. The first one is an amazing image, but it requires a suspension of belief.

I was out to dinner tonight with the in-laws and we stopped to have a drink at the Crunkleton which houses some of my favorite art by Michael Banks. My wife hates his work and my in-laws didn't seem too friendly towards it either, but I adore it:

What do you think of it?