Kerry James Marshall
One True Thing, Meditations on Black Aesthetics
- Publisher
- MCA Chicago
- Binding
- Paperback
- Pages
- 103
- Dimensions
- 229×254
About
In One True Thing, the catalogue accompaniment to Marshall's first solo show in five years, the artist presents a multimedia range of new work that demonstrates the evolution of his ideas and his ongoing commitment to issues of construction and interpretation of meaning. The body of work Marshall is developing for the book and exhibition centers on the idea of ambiguity surrounding the representation of African Americans in our culture. Stemming in part from the Rythm Mastr comic strip project first developed for the 2000 Carnegie International exhibition, the monumental paintings in this new body of work portray figures in the urban landscape of the South Side of Chicago, inspired by the tradition of old-master paintings, especially the townscapes of Canaletto. Marshall is also creating several photographic series depicting urban settings along with a group of figurative works based on African tribal sculptures.
Table of Contents
| PAGE | CONTENT |
|---|---|
| vi | Foreword |
| vii | One True Thing? by Elizabeth A. T. Smith |
| x | Plates |
| lviii | Guest Artists |
| lx | Annotated Checklist of the Exhibition by Tricia van Eck and Stephanie Williams |
| lxv | Artist’s and Guest Artists’ Biographies |
| lxvi | Artist’s and Curator’s Acknowledgments |
| 4 | White Being Black Being: Metaphysics of Race by Charles W. Mills |
| 10 | The Art of Hanging Pictures by Helen Molesworth |
| 16 | Back to Birmingham: Notes on Kerry James Marshall’s Method by David Moos |
| 22 | Guidance for African American Museum Support Groups by Nathaniel McLin |
| 28 | TransAfrican Art: Origins and Development by Jeff R. Donaldson |