Kerry James Marshall: A Creative Convening

Kerry James Marshall: A Creative Convening

Various authors
2018
284 pages
67 illustrations
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This volume documents a groundbreaking convening on January 28, 2017 in The Met’s Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, inspired by the exhibition Kerry James Marshall: Mastry on view at The Met Breuer October 25, 2016–January 29, 2017. During the daylong event twenty noted thought leaders and creative practitioners considered the role of creativity, hard work, social justice, and imagination in art history, performance, science, and other disciplines inspired by visual artist Kerry James Marshall’s practice and work. The event was a mix of rich extended conversations and exciting nine-minute performances and presentations.

The program and this publication were made possible by the generous support of the Ford Foundation.

Untitled (Studio), Kerry James Marshall  American, Acrylic on PVC panels
Kerry James Marshall
2014
The Woodshed, Romare Bearden  American, Cut and pasted printed and colored papers, photostats, cloth, graphite, and sprayed ink on Masonite
Romare Bearden
1969
Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers, from Baseball's Greatest Stars (R401-1), no. 79, Leaf Gum, Co., Chicago, Illinois  American, Commercial chromolithograph
Leaf Gum, Co., Chicago, Illinois
1948–1949
Odalisque in Grisaille, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Workshop French, Oil on canvas
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
ca. 1824–34