Our Town
1995
256.0 x 363.0 cm
क्रिस्टल ब्रिजिस संग्रहालय
Kerry James Marshall’s work often explores themes of racial identity, community, and belonging. Our Town is part of his Garden Project series, in which low-income housing projects are ironically rendered as idyllic places. The carefully painted houses, manicured lawn, and bright sky coexist uneasily with graffiti scribbles and trees tied with yellow ribbons, suggesting war or tragedy.Marshall contrasts the tidy scene, dominated by red, white, and blue, with deep black paint and minimal shading on the figures. Here, he emphasizes the blackness of his subjects in an art world that notably lacks images of African Americans. Our Town further evokes Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play of the same title, posing the question: for whom does this American ideal really exist?
Kerry James Marshall (? – ?)
Explore Kerry James Marshall's powerful paintings of Black figures confronting racial stereotypes & celebrating African-American life. A visionary artist of the Civil Rights era.
क्रिस्टल ब्रिजिस संग्रहालय (बेंटनविल, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका)
आर्कान्सास के बेंटनविल में क्रिस्टल ब्रिजेस संग्रहालय में शानदार अमेरिकी कला का अन्वेषण करें! मुफ्त प्रवेश, फ्रैंक लॉयड राइट टूर और लुभावने ओज़ार्क पर्वत दृश्य आपका इंतजार कर रहे हैं।
इस कलाकृति के बारे में
- शीर्षक: Our Town
- कलाकार: Kerry James Marshall
- वर्ष: 1995
- मूल आकार: 256.0 x 363.0 cm
- प्रारूप: Landscape
- कॉपीराइट की स्थिति: कॉपीराइट के अधीन
- कहाँ देखें: क्रिस्टल ब्रिजिस संग्रहालय
- रंग की रंगत: Blue-Violet to Rose
- अनुभवी चमक: bright