Kerry James Marshall
dal 12/6/2014 al 25/10/2014
Segnalato da
12/6/2014
Kerry James Marshall
Palacio de Velazquez, Madrid
Painting and Other Stuff. With over 60 works on view, primarily focuses on his pictorial work prior to the year 2000, and includes some of the series of paintings that are key to the work Marshall produced in the 1990s. The artist is currently being presented in the Fundacio' Antoni Tapies.
Curated by Nav Haq
The exhibition Kerry James Marshall: Painting and Other Stuff, currently being presented in Spain in the Museo Reina Sofía and Fundació Antoni Tàpies, is the result of a shared project between four European contemporary art institutions.
A key figure in contemporary art, the work of Kerry James Marshall (Alabama, 1955; currently resident of Chicago), emerges in response to a “lack in the image bank” that reflects different aspects related to blackness in the West. Therefore, Marshall undertakes work where representation becomes more urgent and legitimates the contextualisation of Afro-American cultural and social identity, often ironically and sharply criticising the historical contexts he lives in.
The exhibition in the Museo Reina Sofía, with over sixty works on view, primarily focuses on his pictorial work prior to the year 2000, and includes some of the series of paintings that are key to the work Marshall produced in the 1990s, for instance the Garden Project series and those paintings that explore the theme of beauty, where the artist questions aesthetic models, both in art and in women.
The exhibition is divided between two venues. At the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía there is a focus on historical works and paintings, while the Fundació Antoni Tàpies includes more recent works, not only in painting but also in other media such as drawing, photography, video and installation.
Coinciding with the opening of the exhibition Kerry James Marshall: Painting and Other Stuff, an encounter with the artist will be held on 13 July. Marshall will present his work in this activity, whilst also reflecting on the assumed neutrality of the canon in art history and the absence of certain themes that characterise his painting, such as civil rights and persisting stereotypes.
Organised by: M HKA (Antwerp), Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen), Fundació Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona) and Museo Reina Sofia (Madrid)
Image: Believed to be a Portrait of David Walker (Circa 1830), 2009. Courtesy of The Deighton Collection, London.
Press contact:
Daniel Solano tel +34 934 870315 press@ftapies.com
13 June 2014 Nouvel Building, Auditorium 200 7 p.m.
Admission: Free, until full capacity is reached
Palacio de Velázquez, Retiro Park Madrid