Discrepant Abstraction (Annotating Art's Histories: Cross-Cultural Perspectives in the Visual Arts)
Kobena Mercer is a writer and critic living in London. He is the editor ofPop Art and Vernacular Cultures, Cosmopolitan Modernisms,andDiscrepant Abstraction(all published by The MIT Press and inIVA), author ofWelcome to the Jungle: New Positions in Black Cultural Studies,and an inaugural recipient of the Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing, presented by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.