ARTWORK:
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Barkley L. Hendricks (American, 1945-2017)
Fast Eddie Jive Niggah, 1975
PAINTING: Oil and acrylic on linen canvas
48 1/2 x 36 1/2 in. (123.2 x 92.7 cm)
Rubell Museum Collection
Barkley L. Hendricks was a contemporary African American painter who made pioneering contributions to Black portraiture and conceptualism. While he worked in a variety of media and genres throughout his career (from photography to landscape painting), Hendricks’ best-known work took the form of life-sized painted oil portraits of Black Americans.