Things done change
Subtitle: the cultural politics of recent Black artists in Britain
By: Eddie Chambers
Series: Cross cultures -- 144; Cross/cultures -- 144.
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9789042034433; 9789401207300
Subjects: British Art; Blacks in art; Black Artists; Black Art; History
Description: What happened to Black-British artists during the 1990s is the chronicle around which this book is built. The extraordinary changes that the profile of Black-British artists went through are discussed in a lively, authoritative, and detailed narrative, taking into account the numerous factors that played a part in their evolving history. The book avoids treating and discussing Black artists as practitioners wholly separate and distinct from their counterparts. Nor does the book seek to present a rosy and varnished account of Black-British artists. With its multiple references to Black music, in its title, several of its chapter headings, and citations evoked by artists themselves, Things Done Change reflects, as well as draws on, wider cultural manifestations and events in the socio-political arena. Artists including Yinka Shonibare, Chris Ofili, Steve McQueen and Sonia Boyce are featured.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-275) and index.