artist

Kehinde Wiley

New York-based painter Kehinde Wiley visits two of his works, on view as part of Collected Identities. Photo by Duke Photography.

Through a complex and lengthy process of accumulation, Elliott Hundley builds upon large, flat surfaces to create elaborate three-dimensional reliefs from found objects. He often begins with a painting or photograph, then collages over it with layer upon layer of magazine cut-outs, carvings, pins, foam board, and embroidery. The result is an intricate system of conflicting patterns, vibrant colors, and surprising textures, all partially hidden behind a curtain of colored threads, adding yet another level of depth to the image’s decadent surface.

exhibition

February 18 – June 26, 2016

The Nasher Museum presented A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art, an exhibition that explored two distinct legacies: one of contemporary artists’ innovativ...

Kehinde Wiley, Study for Ivelaw III (detail), 2006. Pencil and oil on paper, 36 x 30 x 1 5/8 inches (91.4 x 76.2 x 4.1 cm). Gift of Blake Byrne (T'57), in honor of Raymond D. Nasher.

exhibition

Collected Identities: Gifts from the Blake Byrne Collection

April 19 – September 30, 2007

Blake Byrne, class of ’57, promised a gift of 33 works of art worth $1 million to the Nasher Museum, doubling the museum’s collection of cutting-edge contemporary art. The 2007 exhibition Collected Identities: Gifts fr...

Works by this Artist in the Collection

Saint John the Baptist II

Study for Ivelaw III