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Zarouhie Abdalian with Kerry James Marshall at Prospect.3
Zaroughie Abdalian walks Kerry James Marshall through her installation at the New Orleans African American Museum, where she animates the built structures with recorded audio and mirrors to reflect on the history of labor.
“It was never my interest or intention to work with blighted properties of New Orleans—there’s plenty of opportunities for that.” —Zaroughie Abdalian
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Artist to Artist Created & Produced by: Ian Forster. Editor: Morgan Riles. Cinematography: Ian Forster. Sound: Kyle Sheehan. Production Assistant: Christoph Lerch. Music: Pinch Music. An Art21 Workshop Production. © Art21, Inc. 2014. All Rights Reserved.
Kerry James Marshall at Prospect.3 was supported, in part, by The Lambent Foundation and by individual contributors.
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Born in 1982 in New Orleans, Zarouhie Abdalian now lives in Oakland, California. Her site- and context-specific sculptures and installations are often located in public spaces and draw viewers into participating and engaging with their surroundings.
Kerry James Marshall was born in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama, and currently lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. The artist was educated at Otis Art Institute, where he received a BFA in 1978 and an honorary doctorate in 1999. In his work, Marshall interrogates Western art history, recontextualizing the canon to include themes and imagery that have been historically excluded. Through his paintings, drawings, installations, and public works, the artist builds a body of work that privileges the Black figure, using race, history, and everyday Black experiences as the inspiration for his work.