Interesting news are coming from artist Kehinde Wiley. The artist will be launching his own clothing line, projecting his colorful patterns, created usually with oil on canvas, onto clothing. The outcome is as expected pretty wild and very colorful. Some pieces have turned up at his recent “Down” exhibition at Deitch. Via Supertouch.

Hopefully we can soon give you a better picture of Kehinde Wiley clothing line.

More images follow after the jump.

The latest work from Art Star Kehinde Wiley will be shown at Deitch Projects starting on November 1. Titled “Down” the assortment of four works hinges on classical constructions of fallen soldiers, saints and warriors. Melding these with contemporary figures, Wiley’s hallmark, the paintings are in the astounding scale we’ve come to expect from the artist. “Down” will remain on view until December 20 at 18 Wooster St, New York, NY.

Earlier in the week we reported the opening of Kehinde Wiley’s first solo show. Mounted at the Studio Museum Harlem, The World Stage: Africa presents a group of work painted during the artists time in Dakar and Lagos. Thanks to THE ART COLLECTORS, you get a great sense of the scale of Wiley’s work. His is a welcome return to The Studio Museum, the very place his experiments with contemporary subject in 18th century pose came to life. 
More examples of Wiley’s work after the jump.

Blending contemporary subject with the traditional portrait compostion, Kehinde Wiley balances vernacular culture with his academic art training. He’s hip-hop with an ear to 18th century. A graduate of Yale’s MFA program, Wiley has been exhibited accross the world, and most prominantly in the National Portrait Gallery’s RECOGNIZE! exhibition. His first solo show, up now at Harlem’s Studio Museum (where Wiley has been artist in residence) presents 10 paintings from his "The World Stage Series." Painted while in Lagos and Dakar, the portraits present local men follow the pose of historic sculpture in the respective cities.

The exhibition runs until October 26, 2008.

US retailer Target now released a series of limited edition artist beach towels, featuring artwork by none other than Kehinde Wiley and Jeff Koons. The towels are exclusively available in the Target online store and go for 50 USD. Via Supertouch.
The Koons graphic is the same one we have previously seen on Supreme skateboard decks!