This exclusive ceramic mug was created in celebration of the exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. This mug features Wiley's The Death of Hyacinth (Ndey Buri Mboup), 2022. Perfect for your morning cup of coffee or tea to get your day started right, the generous mug is a statement in your hand. Microwave safe, but hand washing is recommended to preserve the integrity of the image. Holds 15 oz.

Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence features a new body of work by the American artist confronting the legacies of colonialism through the visual language of the fallen figure. It expands on a subject the artist first explored in his 2008 series Down'a group of large-scale portraits of young Black men inspired by Wiley's encounter with Hans Holbein the Younger's The Dead Christ in the Tomb at the Kunstmuseum Basel. Holbein's painting triggered an ongoing investigation into the iconography of death and sacrifice in Western art that Wiley traced across religious, mythological, and historical subjects.

Net proceeds from your purchase support the artist in residence program Black Rock Sénégal, founded by Wiley in 2019.