Checkout the official portrait of Barack Obama painted by Nigeria’s Kehinde Wiley

New York artist Kehinde Wiley, 40, finally unveiled the portrait of former US President Barack Obama.

Obama's portrait was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery alongside former First Lady Michelle Obama.

  The paintings were revealed Monday at the gallery, which is part of the Smithsonian museum group. The gallery has a complete collection of presidential portraits

“How about that? That’s pretty sharp,” said Obama, who described the art as “extraordinary”. He said: “It’s my great honor to be here. It means so much to us.”

Kehinde Wiley, born to a Nigerian father and an African American mother, is world-renowned for his portraits of young black men adorned in the latest in hip-hop street style.

   

The artist has painted portraits of influential hip-hop figures such as the Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, Ice T, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and Michael Jackson, among others.

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