Kerry James Marshall
dal 12/10/2004 al 9/1/2005
Segnalato da
12/10/2004
Kerry James Marshall
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
One True Thing: Meditations on Black Aesthetics. This solo exhibition represents the culmination of five years of work. Marshall will present over 30 works in all media including sculpture, installation, photography, video and printmaking. The newest body of work, 'One True Thing', simultaneously pays homage to and critiques the notion of a Black aesthetic.
One True Thing: Meditations on Black Aesthetics
This solo exhibition represents the culmination of five years of work by the acclaimed Chicago-based artist Kerry James Marshall. He is known primarily for his monumental paintings of African-American subjects based on the traditional genre of narrative history painting. Marshall will present over 30 works in all media including sculpture, installation, photography, video and printmaking. The newest body of work, "One True Thing," simultaneously pays homage to and critiques the notion of a Black aesthetic. Stemming in part from Marshall's recent comic strip, Rhythm Mastr (2000) -in which an urban superhero battles the forces of evil using a combination of futuristic and traditional African accoutrements-Marshall amplifies and extends the references to embrace a wider range of media and multiple readings of Black imagery. As the titles and subtitles suggest, these works seek to raise intriguing and often confounding questions about the role of the artist and the institution in defining positions in artistic practice.
Image: Kerry James Marshall
SOB SOB
2004
Acrylic on fiberclass on artist's wood frame
1131/4 in x 791/4 in
Courtesy of the artist; Jack Shainman Gallery, New York; and Koplin del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles
Photograph © Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Studio Museum
144 West 125th Street NY 10027
New York