Reserve
co-published by Skira and Jack Shainman Gallery
The first two books of the five-volume publication project on Hendricks, famed
for his postmodern portraiture of Black Americans
Skira and Jack Shainman Gallery have partnered to realize an unprecedented book project dedicated to the artist Barkley L. Hendricks (1945–2017). The project consists of 4 booklets, each of which provides an in-depth exploration of a body of work integral to the artist’s output (Works on Paper, Landscape Paintings, Basketball Paintings,Photography), in addition to a comprehensive 300-page monograph which traces the artist’s evolution for the entirety of his career. The project is tied to an extensive and never-accomplished-before recovery of the artist’s archive. Each book will contain essays by different scholars that are leading international players. The booklets are important because they allow for a detailed, oriented study of key bodies of works.
The first book of the five-volume publication project on Hendricks presents for the first time the artist’s works on paper. With this body of work the publication highlights the fundamental features of Hendricks’ practice that is characterized by a mode of representation so clearly distinct from the paintings he is best known for. The publication is enriched with a contribution by writer and scholar Laila Pedro.
The second book explores the little-known Jamaican landscapes of Hendricks, in a handsome, affordable format. It presents for the first time a selection of these landscape works and is enriched with a contribution by art critic, art historian and scholar Barry Schwabsky.
Barkley L. Hendricks (vol.2) )
