Kerry James Marshall: Mastry

Kerry James Marshall: Mastry

The definitive monograph on contemporary African American painter Kerry James Marshall, accompanying a major traveling retrospective. This long-awaited volume celebrates the work of Kerry James Marshall, one of Americaâ€™s greatest living painters. Born before the passage of the Civil Rights Act, in Birmingham, Alabama, and witness to the Watts riots in 1965, Marshall has long been an inspired and imaginative chronicler of the African American experience. Best known for large-scale interiors, landscapes, and portraits featuring powerful black figures, Marshall explores narratives of African American history from slave ships to the present and draws upon his deep knowledge of art history from the Renaissance to twentieth-century abstraction, as well as other sources such as the comic book and the muralist tradition. With luscious color and brushstrokes and highly detailed patterning, his direct and intimate scenes of black middle-class life conjure a wide range of emotions, resulting in powerful paintings that confront the position of African Americans throughout American history. Richly illustrated, this monumental book features essays by noted curators as well as the artist, and more than 100 paintings from throughout the artistâ€™s career arranged thematically by subject: history painting; beauty, as expressed through the nude, portraiture, and self-portraiture; landscape; religion; and the politics of black nationalism.
Country USA
Brand Rizzoli
Manufacturer Skira Rizzoli
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 0847848337SR9
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2016-05-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780847848331

Country	USA
Brand	Rizzoli
Manufacturer	Skira Rizzoli
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	0847848337SR9
Color	Grey
ReleaseDate	2016-05-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780847848331

Kerry James Marshall: Mastry

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