black british art

celebrating excellence in the visual representation & art of the african diaspora in britain; past and present, established and emergent, existing and persisting.

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From the series ‘Sweet Toof’ ©Isaac Kariuki🇬🇧 #blackart #blackbritishart #africanart #digitalart #photography #isaackariuki

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Did You Know We Taught Them How to Dance? is the first solo museum presentation of works by British-Nigerian video artist and filmmaker Zina Saro-Wiwa. Featuring video installations, photographs, and a sound installation produced in the Niger Delta region of southeastern Nigeria from 2013 to 2015, the exhibition uses folklore, masquerade traditions, religious practices, food and Nigerian popular aesthetics to test art’s capacity to transform and to envision new concepts of environment and environmentalism. 

Did You Know We Taught Them How to Dance? continues through Dec. 19 at Blaffer before traveling to Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2016.

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Marie Smith, A Shoe In, 2015, Photograph, 297 x 420mm

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Guys tickets still available for this important talk on Saturday

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Collage by Grace Wales Bonner @walesbonner #art #artwork #artist #artsy #arts #african #diaspora #blackbritishart #british #blackandwhitephotography #inspiration #visit #knowledge #instagood #instadaily #creative

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Still from The Passion of Remembrance (1986) courtesy of #MaureenBlackwood and #IsaacJulien The film will be shown tomorrow at Tate Britain, Clore Auditorium Monday 5 October 2015, 19.00 – 21.00 £5, concessions Co-directed by Blackwood and Julien, the first full-length feature film by Sankofa Film and Video (1986) offers a radical and necessary interrogation into what constitutes ‘post-colonial’ identity at a time of political and social restlessness in Britain. Set within an isolated desert landscape contrasted with recognizable scenes of the intensity of family life, this vanguard work demonstrates the richness and variety of the black experience. Featuring British-born Maggie Baptise, The Passion of Remembranceis a poetic and hard-hitting commentary on the complexities of race, gender and sexuality. The screening is followed by film curator Karen Alexander and actor Anni Domingo in conversation with the audience. #art #artwork #artist #artsy #arts #african #diaspora #blackbritishart #british #blackandwhite #film #instagood #instadaily #creative

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#Repost @design.butler ・・・ Colour Series c/o Design #art #artwork #artist #artsy #arts #african #diaspora #blackbritishart #british #design #inspiration #instagood #instadaily #creative #colour

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Portrait drawing by artist #tsabe @ts_#art #arts #african #diaspora #blackbritishart #british #blackandwhite #Drawing #knowledge #instagood #pencil #portrait #instadaily #creative

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Untitled (going on stush) 2014C type print by artist #SimeonBarclay #art #artwork #artist #artsy #arts #african #diaspora #blackbritishart #british #aluminum #inspiration #visit #knowledge #instagood #instadaily #creative #mixedmedia #isabellarossellini Recent Leeds based MA graduate Simeon Barclay is that rarest of entities in the contemporary art world, an artist who draws from a pool of decidedly working class references, from both black and white British communities. He fuses these references with the sparse elegance of Minimalist sculpture and Conceptual art. Particularly striking are a series of photographic works exploring the image of Isabella Rossellini, as representative of a threshold between prescribed social realisms (the imaginary that society lumps the working class artist with) and a rarified, aspirational world of beauty and refinement." Written by Morgan Quaintance and for the frieze blog, January 2015

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Playing Mas 2014, Aluminium, vinyl adhesive by artist #simeonbarclay #art #artwork #artist #artsy #arts #african #diaspora #blackbritishart #british #aluminum #inspiration #visit #knowledge #instagood #instadaily #creative #mixedmedia #boys

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Untitled 2013 oil on canvas by #artist #DrewSinclair #abstractart #art #contemporaryart #painting #blackbritishart #blackart

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The inimitable #portrait #photography of #artist #franklynrodgers taken from the 'philosophy of strangers' series. #blackbritishart #blackwoman #artist #art #blackart #blackartist

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The inimitable #portrait #photography of #artist #franklynrodgers taken from the 'philosophy of strangers' series. This image is of Faisal Abdu'Allah, 1 July 1997 #blackbritishart #FaisalAbdu'Allah #artist #art #blackart #blackartist

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The inimitable #portrait #photography of #artist #franklynrodgers taken from the 'philosophy of strangers' series. This image is of George Kelly-Fowokan, 30 July 1995 #blackbritishart #fowokangeorgekelly #artist #art #blackart #blackartist

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Freedom and Change (detail)- Into the Open 1984 by Lubaina himid at Mappin Art Gallery #blackbritishart #blackartmovement #africandiaspora #art #contemporaryart #oilpainting #painting #women #mixedmedia #black #artist

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Naming the money 'drummers and dancers' 2004 by artist #LubainaHimid Lubaina Himid’s work investigates historical representations of the people of African diaspora and highlights the importance of their cultural contribution to the contemporary landscape. Himid was one of the pioneers of the Black Art movement in the 1980’s which offered a forum for black artists exploring the social and political issues surrounding black history and identity. She has participated at an international level in exhibitions, publications and conferences, recently co- curating Thin Black Line(s) at Tate Britain. Though she is known as a painter, recently her work has engaged with museum collections in which she has creatively interrogated the history and representation of the African diaspora and looked at the role of museums in discussion around cultural histories. She celebrates black creativity and the recognition of cultural contribution. #blackbritishart #blackartmovement #africandiaspora #art #contemporaryart #oilpainting #painting #drummers #dancers

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#Repost @lisson_gallery with @instagrabapp Lisson Gallery is pleased to announce its representation of John Akomfrah. Image: John Akomfrah, still from 'Vertigo Sea' (2015). Three channel HD colour video installation with sound. 48 Mins. #lissongallery #johnakomfrah ---- #blackbritishart #africansdiaspora #contemporaryart #art #film #still #johnakomfrah #ghana