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In September 2019 Wiley unveiled the work in [[Times Square]] in the borough of [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/kehinde-wiley-unveils-rumors-war-statue-times-square|title=Kehinde Wiley Unveils 'Rumors Of War' Statue In Times Square|last=Yakas|first=Ben|date=2019-09-30|website=Gothamist|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> where it currently is displayed amidst a sea of electronic billboards. |
In September 2019 Wiley unveiled the work in [[Times Square]] in the borough of [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/kehinde-wiley-unveils-rumors-war-statue-times-square|title=Kehinde Wiley Unveils 'Rumors Of War' Statue In Times Square|last=Yakas|first=Ben|date=2019-09-30|website=Gothamist|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> where it currently is displayed amidst a sea of electronic billboards. |
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The work, which is Wiley's largest at 27 feet high and 16 feet wide, will remain in Times Square until December 1, 2019. Thereafter the work will travel to its permanent home at the [[Virginia Museum of Fine Arts]] in Richmond, at the head of [[Arthur Ashe]] Boulevard, where it will be situated |
The work, which is Wiley's largest at 27 feet high and 16 feet wide, will remain in Times Square until December 1, 2019. Thereafter the work will travel to its permanent home at the [[Virginia Museum of Fine Arts]] in Richmond, at the head of [[Arthur Ashe]] Boulevard, where it will be situated near a volley of Confederate statues and monuments that populate the city's [[Monument Avenue]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/arts/design/kehinde-wiley-times-square-statue.html|title=Kehinde Wiley's Times Square Monument: That's No Robert E. Lee|last=Ugwu|first=Reggie|date=2019-09-27|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-01|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-rumors-of-war-statue-times-square-20190927-ulmkuh6fkvcnteqzdfymb6bytq-story.html|title=‘Rumors of War’ statue makes Times Square debut, provides a response to Confederate monuments in its future home of Richmond, Va.|first=Ellen Moynihan, Larry|last=McShane|website=nydailynews.com}}</ref> It is the most expensive commission in the history of the museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/with-a-brass-band-blaring-artist-kehinde-wiley-goes-off-to-war-with-confederate-statues/2019/09/27/178bbb04-e16c-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html|title=With a brass band blaring, artist Kehinde Wiley goes off to war with Confederate statues|last1=Kennicott|first1=Philip|date=|website=Washington Post|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> The statue will be unveiled a second time in Richmond on December 10, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/kehinde-wileys-rumors-of-war-unveiled-in-times-square-ahead-of-richmond-debut/|title=Kehinde Wiley's 'Rumors of War' unveiled in Times Square ahead of Richmond debut|first=Capital News|last=Service}}</ref> |
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It has been pointed out that Wiley in titling the work may have been citing a Biblical Passage from [[Matthew 24]] ... "Ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be [[famines]], and [[Infectious disease|pestilences]], and [[earthquakes]], in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake"...<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2019/9/30/lldqbtjzfuza8etm0cl89rtaj62w2l|title=God's judgement in Times Square, and soon Richmond: Does 'Rumors of War' mean anything?|website=GetReligion}}</ref> The bronze statue is placed upon a [[limestone]] pedestal into which the titular phrase is inscribed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/kehinde-wiley-unveils-rumors-war-statue-times-square|title=Kehinde Wiley Unveils 'Rumors Of War' Statue In Times Square|date=September 30, 2019|website=Gothamist}}</ref> |
It has been pointed out that Wiley in titling the work may have been citing a Biblical Passage from [[Matthew 24]] ... "Ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be [[famines]], and [[Infectious disease|pestilences]], and [[earthquakes]], in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake"...<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2019/9/30/lldqbtjzfuza8etm0cl89rtaj62w2l|title=God's judgement in Times Square, and soon Richmond: Does 'Rumors of War' mean anything?|website=GetReligion}}</ref> The bronze statue is placed upon a [[limestone]] pedestal into which the titular phrase is inscribed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/kehinde-wiley-unveils-rumors-war-statue-times-square|title=Kehinde Wiley Unveils 'Rumors Of War' Statue In Times Square|date=September 30, 2019|website=Gothamist}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:09, 30 November 2019
Rumors of War is a bronze monumental equestrian statue by artist Kehinde Wiley 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. Stuart (which is in turn based upon the statue of Sir James Outram by the British sculptor John Henry Foley which stands in Calcutta, India)[1] in Richmond, Virginia in particular and similar statues of high-ranking Confederate Army brass which still stand in the United States despite persistent calls for their removal.
In September 2019 Wiley unveiled the work in Times Square in the borough of Manhattan in New York City,[2] where it currently is displayed amidst a sea of electronic billboards.
The work, which is Wiley's largest at 27 feet high and 16 feet wide, will remain in Times Square until December 1, 2019. Thereafter the work will travel to its permanent home at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, at the head of Arthur Ashe Boulevard, where it will be situated near a volley of Confederate statues and monuments that populate the city's Monument Avenue.[3][4] It is the most expensive commission in the history of the museum.[5] The statue will be unveiled a second time in Richmond on December 10, 2019.[6]
It has been pointed out that Wiley in titling the work may have been citing a Biblical Passage from Matthew 24 ... "Ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake"...[7] The bronze statue is placed upon a limestone pedestal into which the titular phrase is inscribed.[8]
References
- ^ Staff, Richmond com. "History of many of Richmond's best-known statues". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
- ^ Yakas, Ben (September 30, 2019). "Kehinde Wiley Unveils 'Rumors Of War' Statue In Times Square". Gothamist. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Ugwu, Reggie (September 27, 2019). "Kehinde Wiley's Times Square Monument: That's No Robert E. Lee". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
- ^ McShane, Ellen Moynihan, Larry. "'Rumors of War' statue makes Times Square debut, provides a response to Confederate monuments in its future home of Richmond, Va". nydailynews.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Kennicott, Philip. "With a brass band blaring, artist Kehinde Wiley goes off to war with Confederate statues". Washington Post.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Service, Capital News. "Kehinde Wiley's 'Rumors of War' unveiled in Times Square ahead of Richmond debut".
- ^ "God's judgement in Times Square, and soon Richmond: Does 'Rumors of War' mean anything?". GetReligion.
- ^ "Kehinde Wiley Unveils 'Rumors Of War' Statue In Times Square". Gothamist. September 30, 2019.
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