Angèle Etoundi Essamba (CRF 2022) and Kerry James Marshall (CRF 1998, Juror) had works featured in “Luminous Blackness,” a piece in the latest edition of MoMA’s magazine. Kennedy Jones writes about the powerful presence of darkness in Untitled (Bride of Frankenstein), a 2010 work by Marshall, and Heritage 2, a 1999 work by Essamba from her series titled “Masks.” Click here to read the article.
Image: Angèle Etoundi Essamba. Héritage 2 from the series Masks. 1999. Gelatin silver print, 15 × 18 7/16″ (38.1 × 46.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Committee on Photography Fund. © 2024 Angèle Etoundi Essamba