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“I think the museum should be an arena in which ideals can hash it out, fight it out, tooth and nail, for attention.”

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Kerry James Marshall is an American artist known for his exploration of the historical and cultural identity of African Americans. His work is typically presented in the form of large-scale murals and paintings, addressing themes such as race, identity, and power. more

“Just like in the art museum, and notions of beauty and pleasure, if the hero is always a white guy with a squared jaw or pretty woman with big breasts, then kids start thinking that's how it's supposed to be. Part of the problem was that black comic book artists were making super heroes with the same pattern as the white super heroes. When you read a lot of those comics, the black super heroes don't seem to have anything to do.”

“They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.”

Changed Being In Love

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“I just thought someone has to figure out how to break through that barrier and create a narrative for a black super hero story to unfold at the same scale as something like Star Wars. Rythm Mastr is about producing a narrative of a hero engaged in a struggle as complicated as those other stories. The catalyst for it was the beginning of the demolition of public housing in Chicago.”

War Stories Stars Black Break Struggle Figures Hero Complicated Scales Narrative Engaged Barriers Chicago Housing Catalyst Break Through Super Hero Demolition Public Housing

Author:Kerry James Marshall

“When State Way Gardens and The Robert Taylor Homes were being torn down, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to use that as a backdrop for the development of a super hero narrative.”

Way States Use Home Opportunity Perfect Development Hero Garden Narrative Torn Backdrop Super Hero

Author:Kerry James Marshall

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