"The Histories, an exhibition conceived by Godfrey in collaboration with Marshall and Adrian Locke, the RA's chief curator, is Marshall's largest show to date in Europe and is timed to celebrate his 70th birthday. After London, it will travel to Kunsthaus Zürich and the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris. The exhibition's title speaks to the layered histories in Marshall's work, to the history of painting as well as African and transatlantic history."
"Early paintings such as A Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self (1980) and Invisible Man (1986) can be read as referring to a historically constructed "racial" identity, as well as, through Marshall's painterly handling of Blackness, the point at which the figurative is brought to the edge of abstraction. Marshall's School of Beauty, School of Culture (2012) Photo: Sean Pathasema; © the artist, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery"
The Histories is a large-scale retrospective of Kerry James Marshall at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, timed for his 70th birthday and later traveling to Kunsthaus Zürich and the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris. The show layers African and transatlantic histories with the history of painting through figurative canvases that combine pivotal historical moments and art-historical citations. The Academy (2012) depicts a male life model in a Black Power pose, linking Marshall's interest in academic institutions and life modelling. Early works interrogate constructed racial identity and move figurative painting toward the edge of abstraction, while later works employ playful cultural references and formal homages such as De Stijl.
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