Is Barkley Hendricks getting his due or am I just a doofus
Just got back from the Tate and they had a very cool, large scale Barkley Hendricks nude in one of their permanent collection shows. That alone is unremarkable. What does seem remarkable is that I'm pretty sure I've seen Hendricks in nearly every themed permanent collection shows in contemporary art museums in the past few years. I'm curious how much this is a result of...
...recent scholarship really elevating him to a place of prominence among contemporary American and/or Black figurative painters?
...incredibly lazy curatorial efforts defaulting to the last great Black American portraitist now that Wiley's been canceled?
...the Bader-Meinhoff phenomenon, in other words me being a dumbass and simply not noticing all the many Hendricks pieces that have always been there until one caught my eye a few years ago, then suddenly recognizing them all over the place?
...vibes?
Curious if anyone else has noticed this sudden surge of interest in him!