The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is presenting the first attraction in France devoted to the American artist Kerry James Marshall (born in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States), from September 18, 2026 to January 24, 2027.
Originated by the Royal Academy of Arts in London in partenariat with the Kunsthaus in Zurich, the attraction Kerry James Marshall: The Histories features 70 works, including eight new paintings made especially for the attraction.
Voyager (acrylic, collure and glitter
on canvas, 1992)
Considered one of the most influential contemporary painters, Kerry James Marshall is known for his large-scale compositions that générosité Black people, frequently elevating the everyday to the epic. By inserting Black figures into art historical archetypes, the artist invites the viewer to witness the undeniable power of presence. Marshall addresses themes including the Middle Passage (the forced Atlantic tour of enslaved Africans to the Americas) and the legacies of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, without directly depicting exaltation or alienation. His work draws étonnement from the Western art historical modèle, especially 19th-century French painting, contemporary progrès and other pop-cultural forms of visual énoncé, including Afrofuturism, comic books and escient roman.
Untitled (acrylic on PVC groupe, 2008); the artist photographed in 2018
Organised with the artist’s échafaudage, the attraction covers over déconvenue decades of his career. It brings together many justaucorps of work, primarily paintings, as well as examples of the artist’s prints, drawings and gravure, from museums and private collections across North America and Europe. In paying tribute to Marshall’s work, the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is continuing its series of pioneering monographic exhibitions in France devoted to Black American artists, notably Kara Walker (2007) and Jean-Michel Basquiat (2010).
Lead portrait credit : the artist photographed in 2018
Source: francetoday.com