KEHINDE WILEY IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS PORTRAIT OF BARACK OBAMA.

TITLED TAHITI, THE EXHIBITION FEATURES DEPICTIONS OF TAHITI’S MĀHŪ COMMUNITY, THE POLYNESIAN TERM FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE A GENDER OTHER THAN MALE OR FEMALE.

WILEY’S SERIES EXAMINES AND CELEBRATES THE IDENTITY OF TAHITI’S TRANS COMMUNITY, QUESTIONING THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCT OF GENDER. ON DISPLAY IN PARIS, THE EXHIBTION ALSO REEXAMINES FRANCE’S OWN COLONIAL LEGACY.

THE EXHIBITION AT GALERIE TEMPLON INCLUDES A VIDEO INSTALLATION DEPICTING HIS TIME SPENT IN TAHITI, IN ADDITION TO THE PAINTINGS.