Barkley L. Hendricks exhibition at Rose Art Museum

The Rose Art Museum presents the exhibition “My Mechanical Sketchbook”—Barkley L. Hendricks & Photography.

Barkley L. Hendricks (1945-2017) was an American photographer and painter renowned for his conceptualist style and Black portraiture. According to the Jack Shainman Gallery: “Hendricks’ depictions of the Black figure exude attitude and style. The artist culled subjects for his hagiographic portraits from sartorially minded friends and acquaintances he encountered around the world, including travels to Jamaica, his hometown of Philadelphia, and Connecticut where he last lived and worked. He applied intense focus to his subjects while painting, allowing him to capture their unique personalities. Steeped in pop culture and balanced with exquisite detail, the cast of characters in Hendricks’ work inhabits an unconventional realism united by painterly mastery.”

The Rose Art Museum has developed an amazing exhibition of rare Barkley L. Hendricks’ photographs, Polaroids, and drawings. The Rose Art Museum “has been dedicated to collecting and exhibiting modern and contemporary art at Brandeis University since 1961.”

We invite you all to check out this incredible opportunity. The exhibit will be on view from February 10, 2022 through July 24, 2022. The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis is free, but please review their vaccination and visitor requirements here:

https://www.brandeis.edu/rose/visit/visitor-guidelines.html

We are excited to share this announcement from the Rose Art Museum and we hope you have an opportunity to view the exhibit!