Kehinde Wiley| Studio Museum Harlem

Kehinde Wiley, a New York painter. A true portrait painter and young master of classical portrait styles. His new paintings are currently being exhibited at The Studio Museum Harlem.

Last year i had the honor to go visit him at his studio in Brooklyn. He was preparing for the current exhibition. At the studio, he was taking photographs of young African American male models and he was looking through art history books to find images from 15th-18th century European classical paintings. He was depicting these models to look like royal kings or noble mens. The models were dressed in urban wear with facial and body expressions that emulated portrait figures by artist like Titian,Valasquez,John Singer Sargent etc.... I think Kehinde Wiley is making a statement by using young African American men in classical backdrops to show how these men of color are proud and young but vulnerable at the same time...... please stop by the exhibition, it goes until july17-oct 26, 2008.

The Studio Museum in Harlem

144 West 125th Street, New York, New York

Whistler BC|Mountain Bike Terrains

This is the view from the pool at the Pan Pacific Hotel. As you can tell the snow cover slopes in the winter are covered with dirt mounds for the Mountain Bikers.

View from the Hotel Room looking down at Whistler Mountain.

Mountain Biker

All geared up to come down the mountain terrains

Whistler BC|Skate Park

Whistler BC, the snowboard haven and the home of the 2010 Winter Olympics , is a very nice place to vacation during the summer. There is so much things to do out here, here are some pictures from the skate park in Whistler right next to Lost Lake Park. I will post more pictures from my trip and comments about the hikes and adventures through the great outdoors of Whistler and Black Comb mountains.

The pictures above are some really nice artwork/graffiti on the walls and banks at the skate park.

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