kehinde wiley, portrait artist. [cheers and applause]

kehinde wiley. [applause] kehinde: how do you explain that a lot of that is just simply not true? [laughter] kehinde: what is true is that this is an insane situation, to be able to stand on the stage and look out on this crowd and have this level of adrenaline in my blood tells me that something special is going on. my whole life is driven by chance. much of the work i am known for is just chance driven, complete strangers in the streets. trying to find people that have a sense of grace, a je ne se quoi, something that you feel will translate on a painting on a museum wall. it is something you know, when you see it. you don't quite know what it is. people are minding their own business, trying to get to work , and i will tap them on the shoulder and i will say, do you mind if i pay you? people mostly say no. it is tough to get people to recognize what the gravity of art is. my job has been to slowly take these moments of chance and try to weave them into something that means something in the language of our history. these big museums are dedicated to what we as a society hold mos

kehinde wiley. [ applause ] >> listening to president obama at the official unveiling of his portrait that will hang in the national gallery. the artist there is kehinde wiley, who does as the former president noted like to elevate his subjects, paint people in more classic heroic settings, though with former president obama he chose to paint him sitting in front of greenery, i should say. president obama did something that all husbands and sons in-law should do, remark openly and quickly about the hotness of his wife and his mother-in-law in the speech as he was commenting on former first lady michelle obama's portrait. i'm joined again by brian fallon, matt pfizer and alice stewart. matt, i'll start with you, only because of the outpouring on twitter the last ten minutes or so after the unveiling of the president's portraits. a lot of different interpretations of the former president sitting where he was in front of what he was. your take, which i happen to read, sir. >> it is unique. and there has been some commentary of this being the white sox fan in front of wrigley at wrigley f

kehinde wiley, portrait artist. [cheers and applause] mrs. michelle obama. [cheers and applause] president barack obama. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the podium kim sajet, the director of the smithsonian national portrait gallery. >> good morning. it is my pleasure as director to welcome you to the national portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. every commissioned portrait involves four people. the first person is the sitter, a person with a larger-than-life persona, who may be curious to see how his are her likeness will be captured in perpetuity. in a spirit of building anticipation, i bid a warm welcome to president barack obama and his wife, former first lady, michelle obama, who we honor today. [applause] the second person is the artist who tries in the face of public scrutiny to stay true to his or her own artistic style and still transmit a sense of the internal spirit to internal audiences. in many ways, as much a reflection of themselves as an insight into their subject, the portrait artist must remain u

and kehinde wiley who justly painted the obamas.e. >> thank you, joy. >> thank you for writing that piece and for trying to help us unpack this a little bit. i want to go back and talk before we get to the obama portraits. this freak outover the kehinde wiley pieces of 2012. one of the pieces about it, obama portrait that ka hintdy wylie once painted white women decaptivating black women. what were those about? >> i want to say a when we talk about meaning coming from art and paintings in particular, that we have this tendency, to make people, people who encounter art in museums and galleries have a tendency that there is one meaning to get. that you have to get it, or they've lost it. there are actually several meanings in any piece of art. it's layered. with kehinde wiley's beheadings, i want to say this, first of all, to give people some context. there is an entire history, art is littered with beheadings with decapitations. in fact, if you go to the website, art curator class which is owned by cindy ingram. she tells us that the

kehinde wiley and amy cheryld. that's pretty sharp. thanks for watching "nightline.", we're online at our "nightline" facebook page. good night, america.

the former president personally picked the painter, kehinde wiley, who has his artworks displayed at numerous museums such as metropolitan museum of art. mr. obama said he tried negotiating for a fewing changes. >> i tried to negotiate less gray hair and kehinde's artistic integrity would not allow him to do what i asked. i tried to negotiate smaller ears. struck out on that as well. >> these are the first presidential portraits at the smithsonian painted by black artists. >>> prince harry and his fiancee los angeles native meghan markle are revealing new details about their upcoming royal wedding at noon, may 19th at st. george's chapel in windsor, england. most recently prince charles walked down the aisle to get his marriage blessed in 2005. the newlyweds will leave in a horse and carriage and travel along windsor's main street. then down the so-called long walk before arriving back at windsor castle giving thousands of spectators a chance to see the couple along the way. and meghan when ow would >> they want to be able to give the public a chance to share their celebrations of the

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obama, kehinde wiley used an accessible pose and included references to his life in the background. >gray hair. >> reporter: wiley is known for his poses of african americans evoking historical figures. mr. obama didn't want that. ad t had to explain that i've got enough political problems without you making me look like napoleon. >> reporter: the portraits will be displayed beginning tomorrow, uno unique paintings of two ground-breaking americans. jan crawford, cbs news, washington. >> glor: and that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. i'm jeff glor. before we go, a quick visit to northern italy where the battle of the oranges is the highlight of carnival season. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org town buzzing. good evening, i'm allen martin. i'm elizabeth >>> kpix5 news begins with a debate over new rules for vacation rentals that has a bay area beach town buzzing. good evening. i'm allen martin. >> i'm elizabeth cook. there are yard signs required telling everyone around that a property is, in fact, a rental. some worry the signs woul

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obama, kehinde wiley included references to his life in the background. >> i tried to incorporate less is known for his poses evoking historical figures. mr. dame didn't want that. >> i had to explain that i've got enough political problems without you making me look like napoleon. >> reporter: the portraits will be displayed beginning tomorrow, two unique paintings of two ground-breaking americans. jan crawford, cbs news, washington. >> glor: and that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. i'm jeff glor. before we go, a quick visit to northern italy where the battle of the oranges is the highlight of carnival season. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> trump's daughter-in-law. rushed to the hospital. >> hazmat scare after she opened a letter with white powder. >>> and nails it. triple axle ice princess. >>> and mystery solved. does she really have a giant u.s.a. tattoo on her thigh? >>> then the olympic swimmer's shocking allegations against her coach. >> i was 16 years old when this man started putting his hands on me. >> is this just l

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he chose kehinde wiley. >> mr. ama said he tried, but failed to have input on his look. >> i tried to negotiate less gray hair. and kehinde's artistic integrity would not allow him to do what i asked. i tried to negotiate smaller ears. struck out on that as well. >> the painting of michelle obama shows a fashion forward first lady. she chose amy sherald who painted with gray scale. not to erase race, but declaring it irrelevant. >> it was a mixed response. >> very mixed. >> i heard tera say it looked like kerry washington. not michelle obama. it breaks with tradition. that is what the first lady wanted. she wanted to break with tradition. she said she wanted little girls to look up and see someone who looked like them on the wall. >> the president's looks like him. her portrait? not so much. >>> one of the world's top advertisers is threatening facebook and google. saying clean up or we will pull our ads. details on cnn money stream next. >>> a former west virginia police officer winning a $175,000 settlement from t

in the spirit of that bravery, i am thrilled to welcome kehinde wiley and amy sherald and to our collection. this museum at the pleasure of 2008ng kehinde's work in as part of the hip-hop and contemporary portraiture exhibition. amy sherald was a celebrated in 2016 when she became the first portraitwin our competition. they are taking the birth of portraiture traditions and adding a fresh layer by absorbing the influence of faction, music, hip-hop, pop-culture, and inventiveness. together, they are transmitting the energy of urban america into the contemplative spaces of high culture, and i, for one, am thrilled. the third person involved in making a commission is a patron, and as is tradition, we make an art match and then raise private funds to do the work. i am extraordinary grateful to all of those people across the country for whom we came for support and those who took the stephenip roles, spielberg and kate capshaw, judith kern, and others. person, it is the fourth that is supposedly the most important, you, the viewer, and generations to come. at the end of the day, the sitters, the

the former president chose kehinde wiley for the portrait. >> mr. said he tried, but failed to have input on his look. >> i tried to negotiate less gray hair. and kehinde's artistic integrity would not allow him to do what i asked. i tried to negotiate smaller ears. struck out on that as well. >> the painting of michelle obama shows a fashion forward first lady in a flowing pattern dress. michelle chose artist amy sherald. known for painting gray scale. look at this carefully. she paints in gray scale with undertones of taupe. not necessarily a bid to race, but to make it irrelevant. the former first lady chose her for a reason. some say it doesn't look like her. some are dissing it. >> you love it. >> i like it. if you chose non tradition, that's a beautiful representation. >> the sports guy in me cannot get away from the ivy wrigley. the chicago tribune writing, why is it set at wrigley field? nice portraits. >>> cubs fans, it is not always about you. the maker of dove soap and ben & jerry's is threatening facebook and google. saying clean up or we

the obamas commissioned two african-american artists, kehinde wiley and amy sherald. here is the former president talking about the process of creating the portraits... fmr. pres. obama: "i tried to negotiate less grey hair and kehinde's artistic integrity would not allow him to do what i asked. i tried to negotiate smaller ears. struck out on that as well."(steve) mister obama's portrait features three types of flowers in the background. they pay tribute to his hometown of chicago... to hawaii, where he grew up... and to his late kenyan father. mrs. obama's portrait shows her with grey skin tones, which is sherald's signature style. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief our weather... to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: it was a cool breezy day around the bay area. low pressure continues to rotate through southern california. you can see the showers on doppler radar. it is widely scattered and there is even some snow over the mountains. we've seen a few clouds today but it has remained dry locally. dr

. >> and apparently, the artist that did the portraits, kehinde wiley, i am ms. pronouncing the name. is famous for doing portraits of black women beheading white women. you see the very similar floral backdrop. i mean, i do think they chose this artist to begin with? they just wanted to be different? i mean, have you ever seen a normal portrait of a president? it does not look like this. >> i have no earthly idea! but i do know that obama was in awe and we would like know that doesn't even look like you! that was photoshop. and then we look at michelle obama -- >> that is a president with a bunch of other presidents. it looks out of whack. look at michelle here. what strikes you here? >> that is not her! who is that woman? >> who is that woman? >> we do not know who she is. that does not look like michelle obama. i don't know what that artist was thinking. >> you don't think that the face resembles michelle at all? >> number i could have did that right there. that does not look at michelle obama. i can't believe that they are like all my god, these are nice! no!

(catherine) they were created by two african- american artists --- amy sherald and kehinde wiley.m the san francisco art institute before earning his m-f-a from yale university. the former president joked that he'd asked wiley to take some creative license with the portrait... (catherine) mister obama's portrait features three types of flowers in the background. they're intended to pay tribute to his hometown of chicago... to hawaii, where he grew up... and to his late kenyan father. (steve)a man in the south bay is recovering from serious burns after he says a vape pen exploded in his pocket. (catherine) kron 4's camila bernal talked to him - and shares his warning to other vape smokers. her story contains some images that might be disturbing to some viewers.. the vape pen when it blew up was right here and this is where the worst part of it is michael moreno was driving his van, three of h

where the portraits of all former presidents are exhibited.the obamas commissioned two artists...kehinde wileyand amy sheral.mister obama's portrait features three types of flowers in the background. they pay tribute to his hometown of chicago, to hawaii where he grew up...and to his late father. (catherine) that wraps up kron 4 news at 8.(steve) vicki liviakis joins us and has has what we're working on kron 4 news at 9. (vicki) that's right steve and catherine... a teenagers dying words help police track down her suspected killers... after she was stabbed and left for dead on the side of the road in the east bay... tonight - we continue to learn more about the suspects... in a live report... plus... a shocking story in san francisco... a man is behind bars tonight accused of breaking into a car and killing a small dog in a popular tourist area. find out how police were able to catch the suspect and what pet owners are saying about the disturbing crime tonight... and it was a sunny but cool day across the bay area... chief meteorologist lawrence karnow has what to expect tomorrow morning your

former president obama pick kehinde wiley. he said he was impressed about how she challenged -- he challenge traditional views of power and privilege. >> the way that he would take extraordinary care and precision and vision in recognizing the beauty and the grace and dignity of people who are so often invisible in our lives.>> michelle obama chose baltimore artist amy sherald. her portrait shows the former first lady in a black and white dress looking awful with her hand on her chin. >>> they were moved out of the south bay in cama last week, but now many homeless people and just a few feet from where they were before. >>> they feel the lafayette hillside for more than a decade. the concert tonight on the fate of more than thousands of white crosses as the owner prepares to sail the cross -- sell the property. >>> homeless advocates are restricted not because they say the sweep of a san jose in cama last week was pointless and the residents ended up moving just a few feet from the original location. our reporter joined is now

former president obama chose kehinde wiley and said the portraits lifted people up. >> that was somethinghat moved me deeply because in my small way that's part of what i believe politics should be about is not simply celebrating the high and mighty and expecting that the country unfolds from the top down, but rather it comes from the bottom up. >> our white house reporter kate bennett joins us now. michelle obama also had some pretty powerful words at this ceremony. >> yeah. michelle obama was thinking about the impact the painting would have on future generations and girls like her. >> i'm also thinking of the young people, particularly girls and girls of color. in years ahead they will come to this place and see an image of someone who looks like them hanging on this wall of this great institution. i know the impact that will have on their lives because i was one of those girls. >> a lot of people are saying the portrait doesn't look hilik her and in some ways it is not the portrait you might expect of a first lady or even of a president. i think the opportunity to pick artists that ha

the former president's portrait was painted by kehinde wiley an artist known for large vibrant paintingans. for mrs. obama commissioned amy sherald. >> i'm in awe of kehinde's gifts and what he and amy have given to this country and to the world and we are both very grateful to have been the subject of their attention. >> the portraits will be opened for public viewing tomorrow. >>> britain's prince harry and his feians american actress meghan markle will exchange vows at saint george's chapel at windsor castle. their marriage ceremony will be at noon on may 19th, that's 7:00 a.m. our time if you're wondering. after they're married they'll take a carriage ride through the town of windsor before returning to the castle for a reception that evening. harry's father prince charles is hosting the private reception at an undisclosed location. >> time to see how our weather is looking and we sure turned off the faucet for now. >> big improvement from over the weekend. sunshine came back and the action cam was out capturing some rays as well looking at william penn there in city hall just a few

amy sherald painted the first lady and kehinde wiley. president obama had expressed his concerns. >> his initial impulse may be in the work was to also elevate me and put me in these settings with partridges and sceptors and thrones and robes, mounting me on horses. and i had to explain that i've got enough political problems without you making me look like napoleon. we've got to bring it down just a touch. >> the artist, however, disagreed with president obama's version of events. >> so how do you explain that a lot of that is just simply not true? >> while reaction to the unconventional portrait is mixed, i personally love it, i have to say. the reaction to just seeing barack obama again was pretty unanimous. >> michelle and i are so grateful for the friends and family and former staff and current staff who have taken the time to be here and honor news this way. we miss you guys. and -- [ applause ] >>> there is new reporting today about more ways scott pruitt is spending the resources of the travel budget. his penchant for taking firs

kehinde wiley painted barack obama's official portrait unveiled at the national gallery this morningington. michelle obama's portrait was also on display. the former president personally picked wiley for the job. his artwork has been displayed at numerous museums including the metropolitan museum of art. mr. obama said he tried to negotiate a few changes. >> i tried to negotiate less gray hair. [ laughter ] >> and kehinde's artistic integrity would not allow him to do what i asked. i tried to negotiate smaller ears. [ laughter ] >> struck out on that as well. >> these are the first presidential portraits at the smithsonian painted by black artists. >>> a fight for higher wages in oakland today. anniversary of the historic memphis sanitation strike... e 19-68 poor mcdonald's employees rallied during the lunchtime rush. the rally coincides with the 50th anniversary of the historic memphis sanitation strike which sparked the 1968 poor people's campaign led by dr. martin luther king, jr. >> it's a historic day. it's a moment that i'm proud of. i'm proud this is happening in my community.

the portraits l l were painted y kehinde wiley, her previous paintings include racially fraught worksed. mark steyn is an author and columnist and he joins us tonight. i don't know if you're familiar with her ouvre, but i will put them on theit screen for the viewers who aren't familiar. here is one of them. the famous decapitation, the racially fraught decapitation portrait. i wonder, you don't have to be creative, if you flip this around, that is pretty heavy-duty thing, isn't it? there's another one. this is a person. painting the obama's portraits? >> yeah, i think this is what happens when you try to be up to the moment. clearly, the apartments didn't want to -- my advice, if anyone wants to do a formal, official portrait, is to just climb into a suit, stand in front of a fireplace, or sitec in a winged chair because almost any time you try to do it differently, it comes off worse and in five years' time, you look completely ridiculous. it's like a portrait of howard dean in the state capital in vermont, which is commonly referred to as the lld in portrait because all of the othe

the nation's first african-american president chose the first black artist, kehinde wiley. >> it doesn't look like history, it looks like now. >> reporter: dewey crumpler calls it brillbrilliant. he taught wiley back in the '90s and remembers him as an extraordinary student. >> a student that is driven, a student that is always moved through the passion of intellect and ability. >> reporter: wiley is known for painting contemporary subjects in the old master style. this one at the san francisco museum of modern art was also at moad, the san francisco museu tf of the african aspra. michelle obama's portrait was done by amy sherald. >> celebrate the cultural contributions of african-americans within the arts and our entire society is really significant. >> reporter: the portraits are receiving mixed reviews on social media, some saying they don't look presidential. but supporters say it's evolving art that moves beyond euro centric tradition. the obamas have nothing but praise. carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >> okay. and once again let's take another look at your votes. you seep them at the ve

the former president explained why he chose kehinde wiley for the job.wer and privilege and the way that he would ta ke privilege and the way that he would take extraordinary care and precision and vision in recognising the beauty and the grace and the dignity of people who were so often invisible in our lives and put them ona grand invisible in our lives and put them on a grand stage. another half an hour of outside source to come. do stay with us on the bbc. your next uk forecast is coming about half an hour, but at this time we go beyond oui’ hour, but at this time we go beyond our shores and take a look at the weather happening elsewhere in the world, starting in the pacific with this area of cloud, a tropical storm on the philippines. we come back to that because there is a bigger tropical cyclone, a more powerful weather system in the south pacific, you see the area of cloud and the spec right at the middle of it, the island of tonga, right underneath the cyclone with winds gusting in excess of 150 mph and flooding rain as well, and extremely dange

the obamas were there for the ceremony in washington, alongside their painters, kehinde wiley and amyrald. mrs. obama said she hopes the portraits will speak to future generations. >> i'm also thinking of all the young people, particularly girls and girls of color, who in years ahead will come to this place and they will look up and they will see an image of someone who looks like them. i know the kind of impact that will have on their lives, because i was one of those gis. >> woodruff: wiley and sherald are the first black artists to receive a presidentialortrait commission from the national gallery.an finally, highlights from day three at the winter olympics in south korea. more gold on slopes and skis, and a bit of history. ndrai nagasu became the first american woman to triple axel in olympic figure skating. the canadians took the gold in the team figure skating event, while the u.s. won bronze. and american jamie anderson clinched gold in slope-style snowboarding. she also won at sochi in 2014. still to come on t newshour:e what it will t fix the nation's infrastructure. the russ

the former president chose kehinde wiley to paint his portrait.ction of african- americans posed in the style of old master paintings. michelle obama chose amy sherald ... an artist from baltimore ... who's famous for using themes like social justice in her paintings. obama's portrait will hang in the hall of presidents and the former first lady's will be placed in another gallery. ( darya ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a big honor for a bay area fire chief. the medal he was awarded by the u-s army. ( darya ) plus... dozens rescued near the berkeley marina. how a water taxi got stuck. (darya) after the break ... we'll tell you about a man who was arrested in connection to a 5 year old's death. and here's a live look outside... at the bay bridge toll plaza. please keep your shoes on! stop messing with your sister! hey! hey! don't make me come back there! so? feels really good.... yeah, i'm gonna buy it. (vo) customer service that goes the extra mile. enterprise makes it easy. in modesto... police have arrested who they believe is respo

-- >> reporter: it wasn't the ears or the graying hair which according to the president artist kehinde wiley much integrity to change. it the setting, former leader of the free world among flowers. >> a nod to the earth. >> reporter: african blue lilies to his heritage, the official flower of flower, chrysanthemums. wiley hoped his personality would come through. >> he was a man of the people. that sense of access, the sense of the unbuttoned collar, the seated, relaxed pose. >> reporter: obama said he picked wiley because he's different. >> i was always struck by -- whenever i saw his portraits -- was the degree to which they challenged our conventional views of power and privilege. >> reporter: the official portrait of the former first lady also challenges the norms. [ applause ] amy sherald painted her in gray skin tone over a bright background. an image she hopes will inspire young women of color. >> who in years ahead will come to this place and look up and see an image of someone who looks like them hanging on the wall. >> reporter: this is what a presidential portrait looks like. what

said she felt an instant sister girl connection and president obama says he's a big admirer of kehinde wileyen though he says the artist refused to give him less gray hair and smaller ears. maybe he should have consulted a little bit more and said, hey, hey, hook me up right here and there. >> people are having fun with it on social media. >> real pathbreaking portraits. >> and the memes, homer simpson falling back and beyonce. yeah, they were really good. >> and they were good sports about it. >> as always. >>> let's go to rob now. a big chill across the midwest. >> yeah, middle of february now so it is cold ow there. the trampoline jumping for joy, oh, just a little bit of freezing rain coating that trampoline. nobody got hurt there. some fun. here's the cold air, yeah, exactly, looked cool too. 12 feels like in chicago. feels lying in the teens across i-95. 17 is 2 windchill in st. louis. big warm-up coming tomorrow and thursday, 60s, 78 in charleston, a little bit of rain with this. that warm-up will feel good. >>> good morning i'm abc 7 mornings meteorologist mike nicco. sunny today and

she felt an instant sister girl connection and president obama says he's a big admirer of kehinde wileyen though he says the artist refused to give him less gray hair and smaller ears. maybe he should have consulted a little bit more and said, hey, hey, hook me up here and there. >> people are having fun with it. >> real pathbreaking portraits. >> and the memes, homer simpson falling back and beyonce. >> and they were good sports about it. >> as always. >> yeah, guys middle of february now so it is cold out there. but you got to embrace it. this young man did it in ozark missouri on sunday on the trampoline jumping for joy. just a little bit of been. here's the cold air. looked cool, too. 12 feels like in chicago, teens across 95. 17 in the wind chill in saint louis. big warmup tomorrow, thursday 60, 70 degrees in charleston. your local forecast 30 seconds away. right now your tuesday vive ya' -- trivia brought to you by wal-mart. >> ♪ >> hey everybody we're dry on storm tracker6 live double scan. heading outside lots of sunshine greeting us. we saw some of this breaking out yesterday a

the artist kehinde wiley who did the president's portrait gave a speech after it was unveiled describing the situation. the flowers evoke the variety of president obama's background. there are the national flower of kenya on there, the flower of chicago, there's some greenery from hawaii on there and the idea is that you have these diverse backgrounds trying to claim him. >> it is growing around him and i'm hoping again that some of that, at least is some ivy from wrigley field. >> oh, my lord. >> i like the obama one and i know i'm going to get killed on twitter for saying this, the michelle obama one doesn't look like her, i don't think. am i crazy? >> you're crazy. >> i like it -- >> you're just not an artist. >> here's what's striking about this one. >> in some ways mrs. obama is such a beautiful person, just sort of -- even to somebody that's without an artist eye, any way that you portray her on the canvas is going to be controversial because of the her natural beauty. >> look at josh. >> it's true. >> thank you, josh. >> thank you, josh. >> my mother's an artist. >> it's going to