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Resisting Dichotomies & Compressing Complexity: An Interview with Jack Whitten

by Ian Forster | Apr 16, 2018

Resisting Dichotomies & Compressing Complexity: An Interview with Jack Whitten

by Ian Forster | Apr 16, 2018

Interviewed in his Queens, New York studio in October 2017, Jack Whitten reflects on his childhood, the inequality he faced as a Black artist, and the necessity of fighting simplistic dichotomies.

Art21 Artist to Artist

Change from Within: Kerry James Marshall Corrects the Canon

by Ian Forster | Oct 28, 2016

Art21 Artist to Artist

Change from Within: Kerry James Marshall Corrects the Canon

by Ian Forster | Oct 28, 2016

In this previously unpublished interview, artist Kerry James Marshall discusses his strategy for centralizing the Black figure in contemporary art.