Flashback- Kerry James Marshall at Cleveland Museum of Art

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Jul 042025
 

Bang, 1994, by Kerry James Marshall was on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2024.

From the museum about the painting-

One of Kerry James Marshall’s earliest and most iconic large-scale paintings, Bang depicts three Black children in a verdant suburban backyard, observing the Fourth of July. Invoking the grand tradition of European history painting, the work exemplifies Marshall’s commitment to, in the artist’s words, “representing Blackness in the extreme and letting it be beautiful. Bang embodies Marshall’s dedication to a vision of American culture that includes and honors Black histories.

 

Rob Thom’s “Reverse Beach” at M+B Gallery Los Angeles

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Jul 032021
 

This painting, Reverse Beach, 2019, is from Rob Thom’s exhibition at M+B Los Angeles, The Beast. Thom’s vision of American life takes on many forms, often focused on its more absurd qualities.

For more about his work, check out his interview at Interlocutor or his Instagram.