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Kerry James Marshall

Kerry James Marshall

The Histories

By (author) Benjamin Buchloh
By (author) Aria Dean
By (author) Darby English
By (author) Mark Godfrey
By (author) Madeleine Grynsztejn
By (author) Fabrice Hergott
By (author) Cathérine Hug
By (author) Rebecca Zorach

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Publishing 8th Sep 2025
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    • The largest UK survey of Kerry James Marchall's work to date, with a new series of paintings made especially for the exhibition
    • Published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Academy 20 September 2025 - 18 January 2026
    Full Description

    In his lyrical figurative paintings and murals, the internationally acclaimed artist Kerry James Marshall HON RA (b. 1955) places Black faces and bodies front and centre in compositions founded on the principles of Western picture-making. He uses memories, art-historical styles and genres and contemporary culture and science fiction to comment on the past, celebrate everyday life and imagine a more optimistic future.

    This book records the largest UK survey of the artist’s work to date, and includes some 70 images, among them a new series of paintings and Marshall’s commemorative sculpture Wake, which evolves every time it is exhibited.

    Text in English, French and German.

    About the Author

    Benjamin Buchloh was Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Modern Art at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 2005 to 2021. Aria Dean is an American artist, critic and curator. Until 2021, she served as Curator and Editor of Rhizome. Darby English is Carl Darling Buck Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago. Mark Godfrey was a curator at Tate Modern, London, from 2007 to 2021. Madeleine Grynsztejn is Pritzker Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Fabrice Hergott is Director of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Cathérine Hug is Curator of Twentieth-century Art at Kunsthaus Zürich. Nikita Sena Quarshie is a London-based researcher, writer and curator. Rose Thompson is Assistant Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Rebecca Zorach is Mary Jane Crowe Professor in Art and Art History at Northwestern University, Evanston.

    Specifications
    Publisher
    Royal Academy of Arts
    ISBN
    9781915815125
    Publish date
    8th Sep 2025
    Binding
    Hardback
    Territory
    World excluding USA & Canada
    Size
    290 mm x 220 mm
    Pages
    240 Pages
    Illustrations
    160 color
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