Barkley L. Hendricks in Conversation with Nigel Freeman at Swann Last week Swann Galleries had the pleasure of hosting an artist talk with Barkley L. Hendricks, whose “unique work resides at the nexus of American realism and post-modernism, a space somewhere between portraitists Chuck Close and Alex Katz and pioneering black conceptualists David Hammons and Adrian Piper.*” In the interview with Nigel Freeman, Hendricks discussed the role of education in his artistic development, painting technique and inspirations, and took questions from the audience. In Swann’s June 10 auction The Shape of Things to Come: African-American Fine Art, Hendricks’s Sergio, which served as the backdrop for their talk, brought $106,250. Stay tuned for a video of the revealing and entertaining conversation. *From the Nasher Museum of Art’s page on their 2008 Hendricks retrospective Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool. Share Facebook Twitter June 13, 2014Author: Swann CommunicationsCategory: African American Art Tags: African-American Fine Art American Art american paintings Art Talks Barkley L. Hendricks Interview Nasher Museum of Art Nigel Freeman Portrait Swann Galleries Previous Records & Results: African-American Fine Art Next Top Lots: Winslow Homer, Preston Dickinson & James D. Smillie Recommended Posts Historic Auction for African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Co. African American Art January 31, 2020 Four Unique Works by Charles White Debut at Auction African American Art October 2, 2017 The Richard A. Long Collection of African-American Art Comes to Swann African American Art July 25, 2014