Rumors of War
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Title
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Rumors of War
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Rights
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Copyright Kehinde Wiley Studio
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Type
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StillImage
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Creator
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Wiley, Kehinde, 1977-
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Date
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September 27, 2019
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Description
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As a direct response to the Confederate statues that line Monument Avenue in Richmond, Wiley conceived the idea for Rumors of War when he visited the city in 2016 for the opening of Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic at VMFA. Rumors of War takes its inspiration from the statue of Confederate Army General James Ewell Brown “J.E.B.” Stuart created by Frederick Moynihan in 1907. As with the original sculpture, the rider strikes a heroic pose while sitting upon a muscular horse. However, in Wiley’s sculpture, the figure is a young African American dressed in urban streetwear. Proudly mounted on its large stone pedestal, the bronze sculpture commemorates African American youth lost to the social and political battles being waged throughout our nation.
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Description source
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Format
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image/jpeg
3000 × 2000 pixels
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Language
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English
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Place
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New York City
Times Square
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Extent
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843 KB
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Identifier
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kehindewiley_Rumors_of_War-3000x2000
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Relation
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Kehinde Wiley Studio
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Subject
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public art
equestrian statues
monuments
statues
BIPOC
Black (general, race and ethnicity)
LGBTQ+ arts
Youth
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Temporal Coverage
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2019
Rumors of War