I saw this work and it is large, very large. At the time I didn’t know it was commissioned. Does that make a difference? Maybe. One of the things I found interesting about this article is the negative comments about the painting by fellow artists. The vitriol and bitterness exhibited in web comments is amazing, not just in this specific case but across most of the internet I travel.
The work the King of Pop commissioned but never saw:
“Kehinde Wiley’s monumental commissioned portrait of Michael Jackson is being unveiled this week at Deitch Projects (F1). The 32-year-old US painter was contacted by Jackson in 2007 after the performer saw the artist’s work at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. “I was receiving messages saying Michael Jackson wants to reach you…and I ignored them… >>>“
(Via The Art Newspaper – RSS.)