Man Playing Trumpet
Artist:
Marcus Leslie Singleton
(American, born 1990)
Date: 2020
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
48 × 36 in. (121.9 × 91.4 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation
Object number: 2021.23.5
Copyright: © Marcus Leslie Singleton
Provenance: Alex Katz Foundation, New York; by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2021
Label Text
A man raises a trumpet to his lips. Both his instrument and T-shirt glow with bright white paint. The dark interior behind him obscures specific details, perhaps evoking a distant memory. Focusing on Black figures, Brooklyn-based painter Marcus Leslie Singleton depicts his subjects immersed in everyday moments, offering points of introspection. Singleton’s distinct visual language of simplified forms is invigorated by energetic brushwork, making an ordinary scene full of life and visual interest. He often blends imagery from archival photographs, memory, and imagination, representing subjects such as Black life, culture, music, folklore, religion, and tradition.
(Lana Meador, 2022)
(Lana Meador, 2022)
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