The Royal Academy of Arts is mounting The Histories, the largest survey of Kerry James Marshall’s work in the United Kingdom to date.
Elevating the presence of Black figures in paintings built on principles codified in the tradition of Western picture-making Marshall encountered during his childhood, the artist places Black bodies front and center in his lyrical, frequently large-scale figurative paintings and murals.
Organized thematically, this exhibition features 70 works including a new series of paintings made especially for the show and his commemorative sculpture Wake which evolves each time it is exhibited.
The exhibition will then travel to the Kunsthaus Zurich and the Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris.
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