Apr 19, 2017
REST IN PEACE: BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS
What I love about Barkley L. Hendricksā work is his ability to own the Black body. He captured the soul and spirit of Black people -- our essence. Mr. Hendrickās oil paintings are perfectly imperfect. Many of these works (which are mostly of men -- but he also did women and nudes) were created in theĀ ā60s andĀ ā70s, but look like stylish Instagram portraits of today. He was so visionary that he created work that is still culturally relevant and withstand the test of time. No wonder his retrospective exhibit in 2008 at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University (which also traveled to the Studio Museum in Harlem) was aptly entitledĀ āBirth of Cool.ā EW
