"I make work that has a relationship to art history but is not a recapitulation of a particular image or style. There's an evocation of a classical ideal of love. I started replacing some of that imagery with those of black independence and Black Nationalism. What you don't see a lot of in representation...are images of black people who seem to like each other [or] be in love with each other." . Kerry James Marshall and Arnold Lehman discuss the artist's own unparalleled vision for new modes of Black Representation in Art History, which both recalls the past and looks determinedly forward. Watch the full conversation on phillips.com. . Join us for our 20th Century & Contemporary Art Spring Sale Preview Friday 4 May through 16 May at 450 Park Avenue in New York ahead of the 16-17 May auctions. . . . #blackartists #phillipsauction #phillipscontemporary #newyork #phillips20thcenturyart #kerryjamesmarshall #contemporary #art #painting