The Vancouver Art Gallery was privileged to present the first Canadian solo exhibition of the work of Kerry James Marshall, a pre-eminent American painter working today.

For Marshall, social responsibility means creating artworks that both celebrate and unravel the black experience in America. Marshall’s twenty-five year practice is characterized by historically informed explorations of the representation of the black figure in pictorial space, and an investigation of the critical pretensions of the fine art establishment in which he participates.