{"id":8127,"title":"Red (If They Come in the Morning)","dimensions":"244 x 544 cm","date_begin":"2011-01-01","material":"acrylic, canvas","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":9,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy Rennie Collection, Vancouver","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":18,"permalink":"red-if-they-come-in-the-morning--2","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Painting","nl":"Schilderij","fr":"Peinture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/019/001/large/Kerry_James_Marshall__s_Afraid_of_Red__Black_and_Green_series___2012__foto_Wolfgang_Thaler_Courtesy_Rennie___Collection__3.jpg?1380447346","poster_credits":"(c)image: Wolfgang Thaler, 2012","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"With respect to form, content and meaning, Marshall's *Who 's Afraid of Red, Black and Green* series harks back to Barnett Newman's (1905-1970) [*Who 's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue*](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/the_vault_original/000/019/066/original/barnett_newman_who's_afraid_of_red__yellow_and_blue.jpg?1380619769) (1966 /67).  Marshall trades the three primary colors for the political tricolor red, black and green - the colors of the Pan-African flag.  This tricolor, still today used as an emblem for \"Black Power\", was designed in 1920 by Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association. \r\nIn the exhibition, the three monumental paintings *Red*, *Black* and *Green* hang next to each other, according to the flag's design.\r\n \r\nIn this series Marshall refers to the aesthetic characteristics of Color Field painting, like flatness, nuanced planes of color and the perceptual directness of experiencing large formats.  But he questions this current's handling of the absolute and the infinite, and contrasts this with different forms of representation and figuration.  On the one hand, he examines the materiality of paint in all its subtlety, while on the other hand colors - both in concrete and symbolic terms - refer to political and cultural experiences of being Black.   \r\n\r\nWe see another example of the way that Marshall plays with clashing levels of meaning in *Red (If They Come in the Morning)*.  The direct experiencing of the color red is marked by the gradual appearance of the words 'If They Come in the Morning'.  Their origin is from an open letter by author and civil rights activist James Baldwin (1924-1987) to jailed activist Angela Davis.  In the 1960s, Davis was a leading Communist Party member and in 1970 was accused of murder, a charge she was able to disprove only after spending 16 months in prison. *“For, if they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night,\"* was Baldwin's closing sentence.  \r\n\r\nBy bringing together strong ideas and concepts from different sources, Marshall changes the power of color into a power of social significance. "},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"Qua vorm, inhoud en betekenis verwijst Marshalls *Who 's Afraid of Red , Black en Green* serie naar Barnett Newmans (1905-1970) [*Who 's Afraid of Red , Yellow and Blue*](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/the_vault_original/000/019/066/original/barnett_newman_who's_afraid_of_red__yellow_and_blue.jpg?1380619769) (1966 /67). Marshall ruilt de drie primaire kleuren in voor de politieke driekleuren rood, zwart en groen - de kleuren van de Pan-Afrikaanse vlag. Deze driekleur, nog steeds gebruikt als een embleem van “Black Power”, werd ontworpen in 1920 door Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association. \r\nIn de tentoonstelling hangen de drie monumentale schilderijen *Red*, *Black* and *Green* naast elkaar, naar het ontwerp van de vlag.   \r\n\r\nMarshall verwijst in deze reeks naar de esthetische kenmerken van de Color Field schilderkunst, zoals vlakheid , genuanceerde vlakken van kleur en de directheid van het ervaren van grote formaten. Hij heeft vragen bij het absolute en het oneindige van deze stroming en het oneindige en laat dit contrasteren met verschillende vormen van representatie en figuratie. Aan de ene kant verkent hij de materialiteit van verf in al zijn subtiliteit, terwijl anderzijds de kleuren, zowel in concrete als symbolische termen, verwijzen naar politieke en culturele ervaringen van het zwart zijn. \r\n\r\nEen ander voorbeeld van de manier waarop Marshall speelt met botsende niveaus van betekenis zien we in *Red (If They Come in the Morning)*. De directe ervaring van de rode kleur wordt gekenmerkt door de geleidelijke verschijning van de opvallende woorden 'If They come in the Morning'. Ze zijn afkomstig uit een open brief van de schrijver en burgerrechten activist James Baldwin (1924-1987) waarin hij ijvert voor de  burgerrechten van  activiste Angela Davis. In de jaren 1960 was Davis een vooraanstaand lid van de Communistische Partij. In 1970 werd ze beschuldigd van moord en was alleen in staat om haar onschuld te bewijzen na een verblijf van 16 maanden gevangenis . *“For, if they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night,\"* was de slotzin van Baldwins brief. \r\n\r\nDoor sterke ideeën en opvattingen uit verschillende bronnen samen te brengen,  verandert Marshall de kracht van kleur in een kracht van maatschappelijke betekenis."},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1222,"name":"Kerry James Marshall","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}