🎶 mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of Obama’s portrait aesthetic 🎶
BRB, preparing mine eyes for the visual gorgeosity that is sure to be Obama’s official presidential portrait, which will be painted by the incredible Kehinde Wiley — “a genius hip-hop portraitist” that everyone should have had the sheer pleasure of studying in art history*.
If you aren’t yet familiar, the NYT has a great slideshow of Wiley’s work and a…
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