Presented at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, this exhibition is the very first retrospective in France devoted to the work of Kerry James Marshall, born in 1955 in Birmingham. The result of an exceptional collaboration with the Royal Academy of Arts and Kunsthaus Zürich, and curated by Mark Godfrey, it offers an unprecedented immersion in more than forty years of artistic creation.
Supported by the artist himself, the project unfolds across some ten chrono-thematic sections that explore the major cycles of an oeuvre almost entirely dedicated to painting. From his childhood in Los Angeles, marked by the 1965 racial riots and the political upheavals of African American liberation movements, to the major series that established him on the international scene, Marshall has forged a singular vision: art can change the way the world tells its story.
Going against the trends of his time, he chose figuration. His monumental canvases, inhabited by Black figures, restore to these men and women a central place within an art history that long rendered them invisible. By inserting them into the very archetypes from which they were excluded, Marshall constructs what he calls a “counter-archive,” inviting viewers to grasp the extent of these absences and their symbolic repercussions.
This catalogue accompanies a landmark exhibition, essential for understanding Marshall’s importance in redefining our contemporary gaze and in rewriting the images that shape our collective memory.
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 251 pages
Weight: 1,480 g
Dimensions: 23 cm x 30 cm
EAN: 9782759606535



















