The idea of commemoration has recurred throughout Marshall’s career, whether it be personal commemoration or collective commemoration. In the exhibition space at the far right of the building, and its adjacent room, you can find numerous works in which forms of commemoration are central.
>Kerry James Marshall, Untitled , 1971.Painting, oil, window shade, 76.2 x 60.9 cm.
>Kerry James Marshall, Shooting Stars, 1994.Photography, 12 colour polaroids, 38.1 x 27.9 cm; 50.8 x 27.9 cm; 43.2 x 38.1 cm; 38.1 x 132.1 cm .
>Kerry James Marshall, Lost Boys AKA Black Johnny, 1995.Collage, acrylic, collage, canvas , 61 x 61 cm.
>Kerry James Marshall, Souvenir I, 1997.Painting, acrylic, glitter, unstretched canvas, 274 x 396 cm .
>Kerry James Marshall, We Mourn our Loss #4, 1998.Painting, acrylic, glitter, mdf panel, 121.9 x 91.4 cm.
>Kerry James Marshall, Laid to Rest, 1998.Video, 3-channel video installation in loop, 00:05:00.
>Kerry James Marshall, Wake, 2003.Installation, 20 plexiglas portrait medallions - 2 black light photographs.
>Kerry James Marshall, Believed to be a Portrait of David Walker (ca. 1830), 2009.Painting, acrylic, pvc , 97.47 x 78.42 x 5.39 cm.