Editorial

Artist to Artist: Kerry James Marshall and The Propeller Group

When I talk to other artists I’m interested in hearing how they read their subjectivity and how it drives and motivates what they do.

—Kerry James Marshall

In December 2014, as part of Art21’s “Artist to Artist” series, Kerry James Marshall visited five other artists/collectives participating in Prospect.3, including The Propeller Group, to discover what motivates their art. Some themes that seemed to recur throughout the interviews were music, an examination of history, and narrative. (The Propeller Group’s interview begins around 6:27.)

Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (Vignette), 2012. Acrylic and glitter on PVC panel; 72 × 60 in. (182.9 × 152.4 cm). Collection of Martin Nesbitt and Dr. Anita Blanchard.
A band plays in a swamp partially submerged
The Propeller Group, still from The Living Need Light, The Dead Need Music, 2014. Single-channel film (3840 × 2160, 25fps, color, 5.1 surround sound); 20 minutes. © The Propeller Group. Courtesy of The Propeller Group and James Cohan, New York.

On Saturday, catch The Propeller Group’s discussion of their exhibition, free with museum admission, at 3 pm.

Visit both Marshall's and The Propeller Group's exhibitions to explore these themes in each of their works.

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