Trenton Doyle Hancock on Kerry James Marshall

Trenton Doyle Hancock on Kerry James Marshall

Kerry James Marshall, Portrait of Nat Turner with the Head of his Master, 2011, Oil on canvas, 36 × 29 1/2 inches Dignified, upright, elusive, free of captivity, taking matters into their own hands. This is both a portrait of Kerry James Marshall and the image of Nat...
Barkley Hendricks on Louis Sloan

Barkley Hendricks on Louis Sloan

Louis Sloan, Frost Valley, 1995, Oil on canvas, 54 x 70 inches The snow would be waist high and the temperature freezing or below. Lou would be Eskimo-like with his easel and brushes ready for action. This was a dedicated landscape painter, one of the best on the...
Carolee Schneemann on Arthur B. Carles

Carolee Schneemann on Arthur B. Carles

Arthur B. Carles,  Abstraction, 1935-40, Oil on canvas, 38 1/2 x 51 inches How did I manage to get to the great museum on the parkway, perched like a castle above the two rivers? Did the Reading Railroad stop at Market Street, or was it 30th Street? In any case, I...