Inspired by painter Vincent Desiderio and featuring lookalikes of naked celebrities, the video has artworld pretentions, but insiders aren’t so sureKanye West’s art world aspirations are not new but his execution of them – as evidenced by the new video to his song Famous – are becoming more sophisticated.Based on a 2008 work by American realist painter Vincent Desiderio, the video features the rapper and wife Kim Kardashian laying naked on an extremely wide bed in a s...
New York Times — Vincent Desiderio, an artist in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., recently learned that his painting “Sleep†served as the inspiration for Mr. West’s latest music v... more info
Rolling Stone — Artist Vincent Desiderio, whose 2008 painting "Sleep" was the primary inspiration behind Kanye West's provocative new video for "Famous," penned a first-person account... more info
Guardian Music — Inspired by painter Vincent Desiderio and featuring lookalikes of naked celebrities, the video has artworld pretentions, but insiders aren’t so sureKanye Westâ€... more info