Black artists in British art : a history since the 1950s to the present / Eddie Chambers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chambers, Eddie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people in art.

Art, Black--Great Britain--20th century--History.

Art, Black.

Art, Black--Great Britain--21st century--History.

Art, British.

History.

Artists, Black.

Great Britain.

Artists, Black--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Artists, Black--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Art, British--20th century--History.

Art, British--21st century--History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2014.

Summary:

Black artists have been making major contributions to the British art scene for decades, since at least the mid-twentieth century. Sometimes these artists were regarded and embraced as practitioners of note. At other times they faced challenges of visibility - and in response they collaborated and made their own exhibitions and gallery spaces. In this book, Eddie Chambers tells the story of these artists from the 1950s onwards, including recent developments and successes. Black Artists in British Art makes a major contribution to British art history. Beginning with discussions of the pioneering generation of artists such as Ronald Moody, Aubrey Williams and Frank Bowling, Chambers candidly discusses the problems and progression of several generations, including contemporary artists such as Steve McQueen, Chris Ofili and Yinka Shonibare. Meticulously researched, this important book tells the fascinating story of practitioners who have frequently been overlooked in the dominant history of twentieth-century British art. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: some problems with history and its treament of black-British artists

The pioneering generation of Caribbean artists

Early contributions by South Asian artists

The significance of the 1970s

Uzo Egonu and contemporary African art in Britain

The earliest black-British practitioners

South Asian stories

The 'black art' generation and the 1980s

The rise and fall of the Black-Art Gallery

The emergence of black women artists: arguments and opinions

Sonia Boyce and other black women artists

Substantial sculpture: the work of Sokari Douglas Camp, Veronica Ryan, and Permindar Kaur

Black artists of the 1990s generation

The triumphant triumvirate: Yinka Shonibare, Chris Ofili, and Steve McQueen

The new generation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [240]-264) and index.

ISBN:

1780762712

9781780762715

1780762720

9781780762722

0857736086

9780857736086

OCLC:

889985574