Black Artists in British Art [[electronic resource] ] : A History since the 1950s

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910511792903321
• Autore: Chambers Eddie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : I.B.Tauris, 2014
• ISBN: 9780857736086; 0-85773-608-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (426 p.)
• Disciplina: 758.1
• Soggetti: Art, British -- 19th century -- Exhibitions; Art, British -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Blacks in art -- Exhibitions; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Note; Acknowledgements; Foreword: Celebrating Nelson's Ships; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Pioneering Generation of Caribbean Artists; Chapter 2: Early Contributions by South Asian Artists; Chapter 3: The Significance of the 1970s; Chapter 4: Uzo Egonu and Contemporary African Art in Britain; Chapter 5: The Earliest Black-British Practitioners; Chapter 6: South Asian Stories; Chapter 7: The 'Black Art' Generation and the 1980s; Chapter 8: The Rise and Fall of The Black-Art Gallery; Chapter 9: The Emergence of Black Women Artists: Arguments and OpinionsChapter 10: Sonia Boyce and Other Black Women Artists; Chapter 11: Substantial Sculpture: The work of Sokari Douglas Camp, Veronica Ryan, and Permindar Kaur.; Chapter 12: Black Artists of the 1990s Generation; Chapter 13: The Triumphant Triumvirate: Yinka Shonibare, Chris Ofili, and Steve McQueen.; Epilogue: The New Generation; Notes; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: Black artists have been making major contributions to the British art scene for decades, since at least the middle of the 20th century. Sometimes, these artists - with backgrounds in the countries of Africa, ; the Caribbean, and South Asia - were regarded and embraced as British practitioners of note and merit. At other times, particularly during the 1970s and 1980s, they were not. In response, on occasion, Britain's black artists came together and made their own exhibitions or created their own gallery spaces. In this book, Eddie Chambers tells the story of Britain's black artists, from the 195