A New Exhibition Shows That Barkley L. Hendricks Was Never Simply a Painter
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Courtesy of the Estate of Barkley L. Hendricks and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK TIMES
Nearly Four Decades of Barkley L. Hendricks’s Photographs, on View in New York
Friends of the artist Barkley L. Hendricks, best known for his life-size paintings of stylish Black Americans, remember that he always had at least one camera hanging around his neck. Yet it wasn’t until after his death, in 2017, that his art dealer became aware of just how many photographs he had taken. The process of digitally archiving hundreds of thousands of negatives he left behind stretched over six years, and it’s not done yet. Dozens of never-before-seen images will be on view at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York this month alongside vintage prints, some of which Hendricks hand tinted himself.