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Kerry James Marshall is known for his acrylic paintings that pair realism with elements of collage and signage. Strongly influenced by childhood experiences in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, his art reflects this by confronting racial stereotypes in contemporary society. On 1stDibs, find a variety of original artwork from top artists.
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Keeping the Culture, mixed media signed/N print by top African American artist
By Kerry James Marshall
Located in New York, NY
Kerry James Marshall
Keeping the Culture, 2011
Silkscreen and linocut in colors with full margins and deckled edges on Arches paper with full margins and deckled edges
20-1/4 x 30-1/4 inches
Hand signed, titled and numbered 79/100 by Kerry James Marshall in graphite pencil on the front
Published by Africa House International, Chicago
Unframed
Kerry James Marshall's 2011 "Keeping the Culture" is based upon the artist's eponymous painting done the year earlier. Marshall, along with his dealer, were voted by ArtReview the top two of the 100 most influential people in the art world of 2018 - even ahead of the #MeToo movement, and ahead of figures like Jeff Koons, Larry Gagosian and Eli Broad! His paintings now sell for tens of millions of dollars - after P. Diddy paid $21 million for a painting. The present work "Keeping the Culture" is an extremely desirable work of art and exemplifies Marshall's style. For a feature profile/article written for Marshall's first retrospective - a blockbuster show entitled "MASRY" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, LA, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Met Breuer in New York, Barbara Isenberg of the LA Times wrote: ." The New York Times called the show “smashing” and its subject “one of the great history painters of our time.” The New York Review of Books and Artforum magazine put large images from the show on their January covers. “I’ve been acutely aware that museums are behind their academic colleagues in terms of thinking of representation and people of color,” MOCA chief curator Helen Molesworth says. “I find Kerry’s paintings ravishing — they are drop dead, great paintings — and they have an extra level of reward for people who hold in their heads a history of Western painting.” Marshall is a compelling storyteller, whether on canvas or in conversation. Talking at length during a visit to MOCA, he is easygoing but eloquent, recalling his neighborhood in Birmingham, Ala., where he was born in 1955, or about growing up black there and in Los Angeles. He remembers the names of teachers who encouraged him. Asked when he first began to notice a lack of black subjects...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut, Screen, Mixed Media, Pencil
Handsome Young Man, 2010 - Hand-Signed
By Kerry James Marshall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This piece, Untitled (Handsome Young Man) by Kerry James Marshall, is a hardground etching with aquatint, hand-signed, titled, dated, and numbered by Marshall out of an edition of 50...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Set of Six (Six) Scout Series Embroidered textile Patches brand new and sealed
By Kerry James Marshall
Located in New York, NY
KERRY JAMES MARSHALL
Set of Six (Six) Scout Series Embroidered Patches, 2017
Rayon thread on poly twill backed embroidered patches, set of six. Brand new in original packaging.
Large...
Category
2010s Realist Mixed Media
Materials
Textile, Mixed Media
May 15 2001, signed/N iconic silkscreen by famed African American artist Framed
By Kerry James Marshall
Located in New York, NY
Kerry James Marshall
May 15, 2001, 2003
Four color silkscreen on Arches 88 paper
Pencil signed, dated and numbered 39/60 on the front. Bears printer's blind stamp
Vintage frame incl...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
SCOUT (BOY)
By Kerry James Marshall
Located in Washington , DC, DC
comes with original packaging
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Art
Materials
Thread
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled (Woman), 2010 - Hand-Signed
By Kerry James Marshall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The etching Woman by Kerry James Marshall, published by Paulson Fontaine Press in Berkeley, California, is a limited edition work, signed and numbered 30/50 by the artist. Presented ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching