Souvenir II

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Souvenir II is a prominent painting by American artist Kerry James Marshall that commemorates civil rights-era figures through a richly symbolic domestic interior scene.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
about African-American history
civil rights struggle
loss and remembrance
politics of representation
artStyle figurative painting
narrative painting
colorPalette gold accents
muted interior tones
predominantly black figures
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Kerry James Marshall NERFINISHED
depicts African-American home
Black middle-class interior
civil rights movement
civil rights-era figures
commemorative altar
domestic interior
domestic shrine
martyrdom of civil rights leaders
genre commemorative art
history painting
hasMotif angel wings
flowers as memorial symbols
framed portraits
gold script lettering
textual memorialization
hasPart angelic Black female figure
curtains
floral arrangements
gold glitter text banner
living room furniture
portraits of civil rights leaders
television set
wall-mounted photographs
inception 1990s
inCollection Kerry James Marshall’s Souvenir series NERFINISHED
languageOfText English
mainSubject African-American collective memory
commemoration
memory of civil rights martyrs
movement African-American art NERFINISHED
Contemporary art
notableWorkOf Kerry James Marshall NERFINISHED
partOfSeries Souvenir paintings
significantEvent American civil rights movement NERFINISHED
usesTechnique acrylic paint
collage-like composition
glitter

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Kerry James Marshall notableWork Souvenir II