The Artist Project: Kehinde Wiley

Artist Kehinde Wiley reflects on the paintings of John Singer Sargent in this episode of The Artist Project.
From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"The volume's turned up too high on so much of this stuff, to the point where we can almost recognize the absurdity of it."

Artist Kehinde Wiley reflects on the work of John Singer Sargent in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Kehinde Wiley, born in 1977, is an American portrait painter.


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Victory, Augustus Saint-Gaudens  American, Bronze, gilt, American
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
1892–1903; this cast, 1914 or after (by 1916)
Lady with the Rose (Charlotte Louise Burckhardt), John Singer Sargent  American, Oil on canvas, American
John Singer Sargent
1882
Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), John Singer Sargent  American, Oil on canvas, American
John Singer Sargent
1883–84
Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes, John Singer Sargent  American, Oil on canvas, American
John Singer Sargent
1897
William M. Chase, N. A., John Singer Sargent  American, Oil on canvas, American
John Singer Sargent
1902
The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant, John Singer Sargent  American, Oil on canvas, American
John Singer Sargent
1899
Mrs. Hugh Hammersley, John Singer Sargent  American, Oil on canvas, American
John Singer Sargent
1892