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Kerry James Marshall (1995), "Lost Boys: AKA Black Johnny"

Kerry James Marshall [American, born 1955], "Lost Boys: AKA Black Johnny" (1995, acrylic & collage on canvas). Years before Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Antwon Rose and many more African American youths lost their lives, Kerry James Marshall used acrylic & collage to create his Lost Boys series, a memorial to the violent deaths of black youths by gun violence. The paintings present adolescent figures in ordinary clothes, paired with an aura or halo as a symbol of their…

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