Full Description
Kerry James Marshall: The Histories is the most extensive publication on the artist to date, celebrating half a century of his work. It reveals the complex ways in which he has transformed histories of Western painting, centering Black bodies in ambitious compositions set in barber shops, public housing projects, parks, and beauty salons. It charts his use of portraiture to memorialise individuals such as Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, and Olaudah Equiano. A new series, illustrated here for the first time, looks at under-acknowledged aspects of the history of Africa. With lavish illustrations of all the works in the accompanying exhibition, it also includes chapters on Marshall's Rythm Mastr project and his various public commissions including his stained glass windows for the cathedral in Washington D.C.. A survey by Mark Godfrey is accompanied by shorter essays by Aria Dean, Darby English, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Cathérine Hug, Nikita Sena Quarshie, Rebecca Zorach, and an interview between Kerry James Marshall and Benjamin H.D. Buchloh.
Contents
Foreword 6
Lead Supporter's Preface 8
RADICAL PRAGMATISM 10
Kerry James Marshall in conversation with Benjamin H. D. Buchloh
KERRY JAMES MARSJHALL: 19
THE HISTORIES
Mark Godfrey
MARSHALL AND THE WOODCUT 187
Cathérine Hug
DEEP PLACES 193
Rebecca Zorach
ALL BLACKS ARE GREY 203
Aria Dean
AFTER HISTORY 210
Madeleine Grynsztejn
HISTORIES, MYSTERIES AND RYTHMS 221
Nikita Sena Quarshie
SURPRISING REPRESENTATIVES 230
Darby English
Notes 238
Further Reading 247
Acknowledgements 248
Curator's Acknowledgements 248
Lenders to the Exhibition 250
Photographic Acknowledgements 250
Index 251
