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. Armando Munoz, a stage hand for the unveiling ceremony, works to lift the cloth off Kehinde Wiley's statue "Rumors of War" after it became stuck on two of … Photos by Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Rumors of War is a series of artworks by Kehinde Wiley examing equestrian portraiture in the canon of Western art history culminating in a bronze monumental equestrian statue by the artist of an African-American young man (with dreadlocks in a ponytail, jeans ripped at the knees and Nike high-top sneakers), created in response to the statue of Confederate General J.E.B. The significance of Wiley’s first foray into public sculpture is bombastically evident. “Prior to this, our executive leadership consisted of four men, one woman, and no people of color. Rumors of War, the statue by Kehinde Wiley. I think it’s a moment that we all need to reflect upon not coloring within the lines of other people’s priorities, but actually recasting our own priorities.”The conscious reconfiguring of perspective was Friday’s overwhelmingly evident theme. This story begins with my seeing the Confederate monuments. His subject is a reimagined version of the Confederate general Jeb Stuart, created by Frederick Moynihan in 1907. “Rumors of War,” Wiley’s largest sculpture, is a stunning 27 feet high and 16 feet wide. re: A New Statue "Rumors of War" Challenges the Symbolism of Confederate Monuments Read more: Posted by Blizzard of Chizz on 10/5/19 at 1:54 pm to SlapahoeTribe quote: Confederate president Jefferson Davis was “widely understood to be a symbol of defiant racism, the architectural equivalent of a burning cross,” Lewis adds. AD Called “Rumors of War,” the figure is modeled after the statue of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. The statue, entitled ‘Rumors of War,’ will be moved to its permanent home at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in December. ‘Rumors of War’ is unveiled in Times Square on September 27, 2019 in New York City.
“In the last five years, our leadership has evolved to be 50 percent white and 50 percent non-white,” Nyerges continued. Unveiled at a well-attended public program at the entrance to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Kehinde Wiley’s Rumors of War sculpture represents a seismic shift for Richmond in its embrace of cultural inclusion and a more complete American history and its rejection of racist mythologies.. We had to reflect on the values that we wanted to demonstrate, and that’s where institutional change starts.”In addition to all these profoundly welcome steps forward, Wiley might also have done something else that’s unprecedented in New York City: given longtime, hardened locals a good reason to go to Times Square.We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience.Below are steps you can take in order to whitelist Observer.com on your browser:Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Let’s take these fractured pieces and put them back together.”Kehinde Wiley (born 1977) is an American artist known for repositioning black youth within the classical European tradition of power and status. But it’s also about being in this black body. Wiley said he was inspired to create the work during a 2016 visit to Richmond, where the VMFA was hosting a travelling exhibit of his work. His subjects range from individuals the artist encountered while traveling around the world to many of the most important and renowned African American figures of our generation, including President Barack Obama.Also in the VMFA collection, Kehinde Wiley’s 2006 painting