Special Features: Kehinde Wiley on Shinique Smith
Mount Holly Street. Mixed media. 2005. Courtesy the artist. New York-based painter Kehinde Wiley introduces the work of Shinique Smith. The work of Shinique Smith navigates the leading edge of the written word. Her paper-based installations of extremely mixed visual signifiers marry literature, Islamic architecture, and hip hop music to investigate and expound the narrative capabilities of the…