“Marshall paints Black figures into history with an unmixed velvet black, set against marigold and rose so saturated the eye has to recalibrate to read them.”
Kerry James Marshall
Painter · Contemporary · b. 1955
American painter whose monumental scenes anchor an unmixed velvet black against marigold, rose, and patio green.
The Palette
Curatorial Note
“Marshall paints Black figures into history with an unmixed velvet black, set against marigold and rose so saturated the eye has to recalibrate to read them.”
American painter whose monumental scenes anchor an unmixed velvet black against marigold, rose, and patio green.