"There are no tyrannies that would not try to limit art, because they can see the power of art. Art can tell the world things that cannot be shared otherwise. It is art that conveys feelings."
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine
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Kerry James Marshall
(c) Kerry James Marshall and photo (c) Smart Museum of Art
Lost Boys AKA 8 Ball, 1992
Collage
, 61 x 61 cm
Acrylic and paper collage on canvas, mounted on canvas with metal grommets
Commemoration
Different forms of commemoration have recurred throughout Marshall’s career – personal commemoration, and collective commemoration. His series of paintings Lost Boys (1993-95) is a collection of portraits of young men who have, for various reasons, been imprisoned. The pictures are in a sense, memorials to the men’s non-existent futures, and their lost freedom.
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