
Kerry James Marshall is not featured this time around, but his presence looms large. He’s referenced, with reverence, by a few artists, Dominic Chambers, notably, but KJM’s powerful oeuvre and work ethic captures the essence of this issue in a way that I hadn’t recognized until the final pages were sent to press. Consider birdwatching. There is something so fascinating about observation in the activity; it requires acute, special insight and viewing intellect, such that I will always be drawn to someone who is an active birdwatcher, as I presume they have other in-depth insights into the world. Birdwatching requires another trait that is so ingrained in the American psyche that it crosses social and political boundaries, something that amazingly,…
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