Kehinde Wiley Can’t Tell Us About The Process Of Painting Barack Obama’s Presidential Portrait

But he can talk about painting Michael Jackson: “It was extraordinary. His knowledge of art and art history was much more in-depth than I had imagined. He was talking about the difference between early and late Rubens brushwork. OK, why not? One of the things we talked about was how clothing functions as armour. And if you look at the painting, he’s on horseback in full body armour.”