Black artists in British art : a history since the 1950s / Eddie Chambers.
Published / Created:
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2014.
Physical Description:
xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-264) and index.
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.
Subject Terms:
Black people in art. | Art, Black -- Great Britain -- 20th century -- History. | Art, Black -- Great Britain -- 21st century -- History. | Artists, Black -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. | Artists, Black -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century. | Art, British -- 20th century -- History. | Art, British -- 21st century -- History.