Barkley L. Hendricks
1945–2017
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© Estate of Barkley L. Hendricks. Courtesy of the artist’s estate and Jack Shainman Gallery, NY.
Barkley L. Hendricks (April 16, 1945 – April 18, 2017) was a contemporary 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.
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