Marc’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Buddy Guy Calls the Youngblood's Bluff, Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago
Marc PoKempner American, born 1948
Cary's Birthday Party/Easter Family Gathering, Cabrini Green, Chicago
Latrice McElroy Holding Her Baby, Cabrini Green, Chicago
Desiree Dewitt, at Home in the Harold Washington SRO
Christmas Tree and Sign in Front of Cabrini Green, Chicago
Robinson Children through the Doorway, Cabrini Green, Chicago
Junior "Signifying," Theresa's Lounge
Young Brass Band, French Quarter, New Orleans
Kid Dynamite
Xmas Eve, Theresa's
Michael, Piles of Asian Groceries, Industrial Building, Cermak Road and Archer Avenue
Erwin Lentz, at Home in the Harold Washington SRO
Phyllis Schmidt, at home in the Malden SRO
Harold Washington Campaigning for Mayor, Chicago
Crazy Talker, 92nd Street and Commercial Avenue
Roosevelt Hunter, at home in the Harold Wahington SRO
Squatter in Kinzie Street RR yard
White Crucifixion
Marc Chagall Born Vitebsk (formerly Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1887; died Saint-Paul, France, 1985
America Windows
The Praying Jew