Kerry James Marshall: The Histories

The largest UK survey of the artist’s work to date, with a new series of paintings made especially for the exhibition. The RA''s exhibition Kerry James Marshall’s The Histories was given a 5 star review by The Guardian. - The Guardian

Kerry James Marshall: The Histories is the most extensive publication on the artist to date, celebrating half a century of his work. It reveals the complex ways in which he has transformed histories of Western painting, centering Black bodies in ambitious compositions set in barber shops, public housing projects, parks, and beauty salons. It charts his use of portraiture to memorialise individuals such as Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, and Olaudah Equiano. A new series, illustrated here for the first time, looks at under-acknowledged aspects of the history of Africa. With lavish illustrations of all the works in the accompanying exhibition, it also includes chapters on Marshall’s Rythm Mastr project and his various public commissions including his stained glass windows for the cathedral in Washington D.C.. A survey by Mark Godfrey is accompanied by shorter essays by Aria Dean, Darby English, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Cathérine Hug, Nikita Sena Quarshie, Rebecca Zorach, and an interview between Kerry James Marshall and Benjamin H.D. Buchloh.

• | Author: Aria Dean, Mark Godfrey, Rebecca Zorach, Nikita Sena Quarshie, Mark Godfrey, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Kerry James Marshall, Darby English, Catherine Hug, Benjamin Buchloh
• | Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
• | Publication Date: Sep 23, 2025
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781915815125
• | ISBN-10: 1915815126