Oral history interview with Kerry James Marshall

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Oral history interview with Kerry James Marshall

2008 August 8

An interview of Kerry James Marshall conducted 2008 August 8, by Kathy Goncharov, for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's studio in Chicago, Illinois.

Sound recording, master: 2 sound discs (4 hr., 6min.) : digital ; 2 5/8 in.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7917291

Archives of American Art

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Marshall, Kerry James, 1955-

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Born October 17, 1955, in Birmingham, Alabama, Kerry James Marshall realized that he wanted to be an artist at a very early age. Inspired by pictures in a book, Marshall decided he wanted to be a visual artist.Themes and ideas present in Marshall's work reflect the complex web of personal and social issues that have been instrumental in molding his life. When Marshall was eight, his family moved to the Watts community in Los Angeles, California. As the epicenter of intense struggle for civil rig...

Goncharov, Kathy,

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