Art
Explore the revolutionary work of Barkley L. Hendricks, whose life-sized portraits of Black Americans redefined contemporary portraiture and challenged traditional art historical narratives
Art
Barkley L. Hendricks was an American painter and photographer who revolutionized portraiture through his realist and post-modern oil paintings of Black Americans living in urban areas, beginning in the 1960s and 1970s. Hendricks’ depictions of the Black figure exude attitude and style. The artist culled subjects for his hagiographic portraits