Kerry James Marshall : the histories / edited by Mark Godfrey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, Kerry James, 1955- author.

Contributor:

Godfrey, Mark, editor.

Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), hosting institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marshall, Kerry James, 1955---Exhibitions.

Marshall, Kerry James.

Black people in art.

African American art.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

253 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Academy of Arts ; [Zürich] : Kunsthaus Zürich ; [Paris] : Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, [2025]

Summary:

"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 Marshall has transformed histories of Western painting, centring Black bodies in ambitious compositions set in barber's 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 Washington National Cathedral. A survey by Mark Godfrey is accompanied by shorter essays by Aria Dean, Darby English, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Cathérine Hug, Nikita Sena Quarshie and Rebecca Zorach, with an interview between Kerry James Marshall and Benjamin H. D. Buchloh." -- Provided by publisher

Internationally acclaimed artist Kerry James Marshall is one of the most important painters working right now. His vivid and mostly large-scale paintings place the Black figure front and centre. Marshall builds upon the Western tradition of history painting and makes visible those people who were so noticeably absent in the works that came before him. These powerful paintings are full of references which span art history, civil rights, comics, science fiction, his own memories and more. He uses these to comment on the past, celebrate everyday life and imagine more optimistic futures. This exhibition of his paintings will be the largest outside of the US, and the first chance for many to experience his works in the UK.

Contents:

Radical pragmatism / Kerry James Marshall in conversation with Benjamin H.D. Buchloh

Kerry James Marshall: The histories / Mark Godfrey

Marshall and the woodcut / Cathérine Hug

Deep places / Rebecca Zorach

All blacks are grey / Aria Dean

After histry / Madeleine Grynsztejn

Histories, mysteries and rhythms / Nikita Sena Quarshie

Surprising representatives / Darby English.

Notes:

First published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Kerry James Marshall: The Histories', Royal Academy of Arts, London (20 September-18 January 2026), Kunsthaus Zürich (27 February-16 August 2026), Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (18 September 2026-24 January 2027).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781915815125

1915815126

OCLC:

1516983472

Publisher Number:

CIPO000274020