
Untitled (Handsome Young Man), 2010
Kerry James Marshall (American, b. 1955)
Hardground etching, 15 7/8 x 12 in.
Acquired by the Print Society with Funds Provided by the Office of the President, PC2017.20.02

Untitled (Woman), 2010
Kerry James Marshall (American, b. 1955)
Hardground etching, 15 7/8 x 12 in.
Acquired by the Print Society with Funds Provided by the Office of the President, PC2017.20.01
Kerry James Marshall is a contemporary artist whose work challenges the history of exclusion of black identity in Western art history. Marshall was born in 1955 in Birmingham, AL and grew up in Los Angeles, CA. He studied at Otis College of Art and Design where he was mentored by Charles White. To confront the erasure of black bodies in museums and exhibition spaces, Marshall creates portraits of characters who are, in his words, “unequivocally and empathetically Black”. His style then makes African Americans visible as protagonists of their own narrative.
Kerry James Marshall es un artista contemporáneo cuyo trabajo desafía la historia de la exclusión de la identidad negra en la historia del arte occidental. Marshall nació en 1955 en Birmingham, AL y creció en Los Ángeles, CA. Estudió en el Colegio Otis de Arte y Diseño donde fue asesorado por Charles White. Para confrontar la eliminación de los cuerpos negros de museos, Marshall crea retratos de personajes quienes son, en sus palabras, “inequívocamente y enfáticamente negras". Su estilo entonces visibiliza a Afro-Americanos como protagonistas de su propia narrativa.
