Passing;Posing 2005

Kehinde Wiley's 2005 painting "Passing;Posing" uses a photorealistic style to depict three young Black men in casual clothing. The central figure, wearing a white tank top, is posed similarly to a figure from a Renaissance painting. Wiley’s work often draws inspiration from Western art history, specifically portraiture. He recontextualizes these traditional subjects by replacing them with contemporary Black subjects, challenging the Eurocentric perspectives of art history.