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| Kerry James Marshall. Photo via ianationalbar.com. |
Acclaimed artist selected for President’s
Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
By Lynn Sweet for voices.suntimes.com,
November 18, 2013:
President
Barack Obama tapped Chicago artist Kerry James Marshall, a former professor at
the University of Illinois, Chicago for a spot on the President’s Committee on
the Arts and the Humanities. The National Gallery of Art is featuring his work in an
exhibit closing next month.
From the
National Gallery: “One of the most celebrated painters currently working in the
United States, Kerry James Marshall (b. 1955) has exhibited widely in both this
country and around the world. His work explores the experiences of African
Americans and the narratives of American history that have often excluded black
people. Drawing upon the artist’s prodigious knowledge of art history and the
African diaspora, his paintings combine figurative and abstract styles and
multiple allusions, drawing from “high” and “low” sources.”
From the
White House: “Kerry James Marshall is an independent artist with solo and group
exhibitions, public projects, and public collections displayed in museums
around the United States, including the National Gallery of Art. He works
across a broad range of media, including painting, photography, video,
sculpture, performance, and installations. He was a tenured professor at the
School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago until 2006.
Mr. Marshall worked as production designer for the feature films Daughters of the Dust and Sankofa. In 1997, he received a
MacArthur Fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He
is a board member of the advisory board of the Atlantic Center for the Arts and
the Tiffany Foundation, and previously served on the advisory board of the
Artadia Foundation. Mr. Marshall received a B.F.A. from the Otis Arts
Institute.”
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