Mementos series

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The Mementos series is a body of paintings by Kerry James Marshall that commemorates and critically reflects on the legacy of the civil rights movement and Black history in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf body of work
painting series
artisticTheme Black representation in art history
collective memory
commemoration
legacy of the civil rights era
politics of remembrance
colorUsage high-contrast palette
use of metallic pigments
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Kerry James Marshall NERFINISHED
criticalApproach critique of historical erasure
reframing of U.S. history from a Black perspective
depicts Black middle-class domestic interiors
angelic Black figures
commemorative imagery
funerary and memorial motifs
martyrs of the civil rights movement
names of civil rights leaders
genre contemporary art
history painting
hasCollectionType museum collection
hasPart Mementos NERFINISHED
Souvenir I NERFINISHED
Souvenir II NERFINISHED
Souvenir III NERFINISHED
Souvenir: Composition in Three Parts NERFINISHED
inception late 1990s
influencedBy African American history
American civil rights movement NERFINISHED
languageOfWork visual art
locationOfExhibition Los Angeles County Museum of Art NERFINISHED
Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago NERFINISHED
Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED
mainSubject Black history in the United States
civil rights movement
movement contemporary art movement
narrativeForm allegorical
memorial
notableWorkOf Kerry James Marshall NERFINISHED
usesTechnique acrylic painting
collage
mixed media

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Kerry James Marshall notableWork Mementos series