For $18.65, famous artist designs racial justice windows for National Cathedral
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washingtonpost.com
His paintings sometimes sell for millions. This one went for $18.65.
Kerry James Marshall, whose works have adorned the walls of national galleries and celebrities’ mansions, couldn’t imagine charging Washington National Cathedral his usual fee to replace its Confederate-themed windows. Instead, he requested a commission symbolizing 1865, the year the nation’s last enslaved African Americans were liberated at the conclusion of the Civil War.
“It’s a full payment that I can accept as a completely free individual, able to make decisions about myself and the things I do and who I do it for,” Marshall said. “I’m completely free. And that’s what the end of the Civil War represents on a lot of levels.”
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This is what the windows look like.
Wow, that's a let down ... I guess they were going for a contemporary look?
Meh?
I guess he's not good at faces.