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Kerry James Marshall Untitled, 1996 Acrylic on wood, acrylic on flag, wood dowels, and two binder clips, three parts, 27 × 19 × 16¼ in. overall Collection of Nancy Magoon In this work, Marshall deconstructs the traditional boundaries of the medium of painting itself. An empty frame bears traces of blended color swatches like a palette and is displayed on the wall, while a painted portrait of a man—affixed to a wooden dowel with two clips—protrudes from it like a flag; a separate entity that cannot be contained. In so doing, the artist at once dissects and reunites the very tools of painting, continuing his interrogation of the Western art historical canon. —HJ and SK
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