Shades of Black

Assembling Black Arts in 1980s Britain

Autor: Bailey, David A.; Boyce, Sonia; Baucom, Ian
Editor: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822334095
eISBN Pdf: 9780822386445
Lugar de publicación: Durham , Estados Unidos
Año de publicación digital: 2005
Mes: Abril
Páginas: 368
DDC: 704.03/96041/09048
Idioma: Ingles

Descripción

In the 1980s—at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil unrest and rioting in a number of British cities—the Black Arts Movement burst onto the British art scene with breathtaking intensity, changing the nature and perception of British culture irreversibly. This richly illustrated volume presents a history of that movement. It brings together in a lively dialogue leading artists, curators, art historians, and critics, many of whom were actively involved in the Black Arts Movement. Combining cultural theory with anecdote and experience, the contributors debate how the work of the black British artists of the 1980s should be viewed historically. They consider the political, cultural, and artistic developments that sparked the movement even as they explore the extent to which such a diverse body of work can be said to constitute a distinct artistic movement—particularly given that “black” in Britain in the 1980s encompassed those of South Asian, North and sub-Saharan African, and Caribbean descent, referring as much to shared experiences of disenfranchisement as to shades of skin.

In thirteen original essays, the contributors examine the movement in relation to artistic practice, public funding, and the transnational art market and consider its legacy for today’s artists and activists. The volume includes a unique catalog of images, an extensive list of suggested readings, and a descriptive timeline situating the movement vis-à-vis relevant artworks and films, exhibitions, cultural criticism, and political events from 1960 to 2000. A dynamic living archive of conversations, texts, and images, Shades of Black will be an essential resource.

Contributors. Stanley Abe, Jawad Al-Nawab, Rasheed Araeen, David A. Bailey, Adelaide Bannerman, Ian Baucom, Dawoud Bey, Sonia Boyce, Allan deSouza, Jean Fisher, Stuart Hall, Lubaina Himid, Naseem Khan, susan pui san lok, Kobena Mercer, Yong Soon Min, Keith Piper, Zineb Sedira, Gilane Tawadros, Leon Wainwright, Judith Wilson

Contents
David A. Bailey, Ian Baucom, and Sonia Boyce - Shades of Black: Assembling the 1980s
Part One: Texts
- Stuart Hall - Assembling the 1980s: The Deluge—and After
- Rasheed Araeen - The Success and Failure of the Black Arts Movement
- Keith Piper - Wait, Did I Miss Something? Some Personal Musings on the 1980s and Beyond
- Lubaina Himid - Inside the Invisible: For/Getting Strategy
- Kobena Mercer - Iconography after Identity
- susan pui san lok - A to Y (Entries for an Inventionry of Dented “I”s)
- Zineb Sedira in collaboration with Jawad Al-Nawab - On Becoming an Artist: Algerian, African, Arab, Muslim, French, and Black British? A Dialogue of Visibility
- Yong Soon Min and Allan deSouza - CoRespondents
- Judith Wilson - Triangular Trades: Late-Twentieth-Century “Black” Art and Transatlantic Cultural Commerce
- Dawoud Bey - Collaborative Projects: Toward a More Inclusive Practice
- Stan Abe - Why Asia Now? Contemporary Asian Art and the Politics of Multiculturalism
- Naseem Khan - Choices for Black Arts in Britain over Thirty Years
- Gilane Tawadros - A Case of Mistaken Identity
- Color Plates
Part Two: The Conference
- Conference Papers and Speakers
- Jean Fisher - Dialogues
Part Three: Time Lines
- Adelaide Bannerman - Introduction
- Time Lines
Part Four: Recommended Reading
- Leon Wainwright - Introduction
- Histories and Positions
- Visual Practices
- Exhibitions and Display
- Institutions, Policies, and Reports
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Index