Kerry James Marshall discusses the lack of self-satisfied black figures throughout the history of art and the importance of filling this void with paintings of confident black figures who are not defined by trauma.

A 7-minute video created for Kerry James Marshall's 2016 retrospective at the MCA can be found here:
https://mcachicago.org/Stories/Video/Kerry-James-Marshall-Mastry

More information on Kerry James Marshall: Mastry can be found here:
https://mcachicago.org/Exhibitions/2016/Kerry-James-Marshall