Kerry James Marshall: Being an Artist | Art21 "Exclusive"
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Episode #018: Kerry James Marshall discusses three recent paintings, all 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Kerry James Marshall's work is based on a broad range of art-historical references, from Renaissance painting to folk art.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.
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I'm an artist.... that is a black woman. proudly. Who the artist is: culture, experience, spiritual beliefs, sex, view point; all of that does affect the work. When we paint & express authentically / organically, we naturally infuse the spirit of who we are into our work, as well as what we empathize with, how we see, observe, and how we experience life. One can have a unique perception, as I do, and still be a black artist.
CandyAcidReign 4 months ago
True art is rare. We all need to see it, experienced it w/out labels.
"Labels are the nails for my coffin" Unknown
bagoona 1 year ago
A valid point that all Black Artists and Artists of color have to deal with.
jamaikafunk 1 year ago
Seems to be arguing both sides -- but an interesting argument. Who needs to know if the work was done by a Black artist? Does the work stand on its own merits, or not? And yet there might be some need to deal with the issue of race by Black artists, and does that not make them some kind of subset?
rozchatt 2 years ago
GENIUS DUDE!!!!
rictit 3 years ago