Our Town
1995
256.0 x 363.0 cm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
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 (알 수 없는 화가, 이름이 없는 화가 – 알 수 없는 화가, 이름이 없는 화가)
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.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, 미국)
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작품 정보
- 제목: Our Town
- 작가: Kerry James Marshall
- 제작 연도: 1995
- 원래 크기: 256.0 x 363.0 cm
- 매체: Landscape
- 저작권 상태: 저작권 보호 중
- 소장처: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- 색상 및 색조: Blue-Violet to Rose
- 체감 밝기: bright
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