BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS: Solid! - HARDCOVER

Edited by Zoé Whitley. Text by Duro Olowu, Richard J. Powell, John Jennings, Susan Thompson. Conversation between Trevor Schoonmaker and Susan Hendricks. The long-awaited monograph on Barkley L. Hendricks’ powerful portraits of contemporary Black subjects Barkley L. Hendricks is rightly known as one of the foremost American painters of the late 20th century. His six-decade artistic oeuvre encompasses not only portraits but also includes evocative landscapes, hard-edged geometric abstractions, lush watercolors on paper and singular photographs informed by his studies with Walker Evans. This final publication of a five-volume set dedicated to the artist is a 300-page monograph that captures his full evolution as a portraitist.Solid! is a compilation of Hendricks’ acclaimed figurative paintings: large-scale canvases of distinctively dressed (or undressed) individuals, including several self-portraits, against solid-color backgrounds. Critical essays from curators and fellow artists provid