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THE WORLD STAGE: HAITI EXHIBITION

KEHINDE WILEY

The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA

The World Stage: Haiti explores Haiti’s culture, history, and socioeconomic conditions through Kehinde Wiley’s portraits of its people.

Departing from his usual street casting, Wiley held open calls through radio, posters, and beauty pageants in Jacmel, Jalouise, and Port-au-Prince. Pageant contestants became the subjects of paintings inspired by European Old Masters.

Drawing on Haiti’s colonial history, religious traditions, and decorative arts, Wiley incorporates local imagery such as okra and sugarcane into the backgrounds. The exhibition features 12 paintings and forms part of Wiley’s ongoing World Stage series.

The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA - Wiley_Haiti_Install_04
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
Wiley_LouisXIVofFrance
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
Wiley_PortraitOfNadineRenard
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
Wiley_PortraitofDyouanyBeretieVerly
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
Wiley_TheSistersZenaide
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
Wiley_LaSource
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
JupiterandThetis
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
Wiley_PsycheAbandoned
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
Wiley_PolishWoman
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
Wiley_PortraitofAnneCynthiaPetitVil
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
Wiley_PortraitofSophia
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
The World Stage: Haiti, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA