Kerry James Marshall: "Black Romantic" | Art21 "Exclusive"
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Uploaded by art21org on Jun 26, 2008
Episode #017: Kerry James Marshall discusses two recent paintings, both Untitled (2008), during the installation of his exhibition Black Romantic at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Kerry James Marshall's work is based on a broad range of art-historical references, from Renaissance painting to folk art. A striking aspect of his paintings is the emphatically black skin tone of his figures, a development the artist says emerged from an investigation into the invisibility of blacks in America and the unnecessarily negative connotations associated with darkness.
Kerry James Marshall is featured in the Season 1 (2001) episode Identity of the Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century television series on PBS.
Learn more about Kerry James Marshall: http://www.art21.org/artists/kerry-james-marshall
VIDEO | Producer: Wesley Miller and Nick Ravich. Camera & Sound: Nick Ravich. Editor: Mary Ann Toman. Artwork Courtesy: Kerry James Marshall. Thanks: Jack Shainman Gallery.
PHOTO | All works: Kerry James Marshall, Untitled, 2008. Production still, 2008, © Art21, Inc.
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His work sucks.
aznicknick 2 years ago
Best Somment on "Black Art" that I've ever heard.
zealousflow 2 years ago
wow!!!I was just looking in the tube to get tips on marshal oil painting,and ran in to this great work didn't even know about this artist.great work sir.keep it up.I did know about the great history,and work of Mr.Gordon park who's such a legend,he's black and white photography.
johnhasaname 3 years ago
I really like Mr. Marshall's work. Hopefully I'll get to see some of it in person one day. So how do the paintings in the "Black Romantic" exhibition resolve the "weakness in criticality" inherent to work in the Black Art genre?
billypaul85 3 years ago
You got to him before I could but I would like to say, he does belong on ChicagoArts.
Great job I have always loved Kerry's work
chicagoarts 3 years ago