Kerry James Marshall: One True Thing: Meditations On Black Aesthetics

Publisher: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 
Publication Date: 2003 
Binding: Soft cover 
Condition: New 
Paperback, 10 x 11 in. / 88 pgs / 75 color. Sealed, new. In One True Thing, the artist presents a multi-media range of new work that demonstrates the evolution of his ideas and his ongoing commitment to issues of construction and interpretation of meaning. The body of work Marshall is developing for the book and exhibition centers on the idea of ambiguity surrounding the representation of African Americans in our culture. Stemming in part from the Rythm Mastr comic strip project first developed for the 2000 Carnegie International exhibition, the monumental paintings in this new body of work portray figures in the urban landscape of the South Side of Chicago, inspired by the tradition of old-master paintings, especially the townscapes of Canaletto. Marshall is also creating several photographic series depicting urban settings along with a group of figurative works based on African tribal sculptures.