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- Black artists have been making major contributions to the British art scene for decades, since at least the mid-twentieth century. Sometimes these artists were regarded and embraced as practitioners of note. At other times they faced challenges of visibility - and in response they collaborated and made their own exhibitions and gallery spaces.
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Nov 23, 2016 · The artists here all hail from relatively recent times, and have had a huge impact on the British art scene. They helped to put the work of black artists in the spotlight at a time when it was underrepresented, through forming collectives, working in collaboration and curating powerful exhibitions.
Sep 15, 2014 · An insight into Eddie Chambers's 'Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present', the first comprehensive study on the topic.
Oct 2, 2023 · The British Black Arts Movement was led by the Blk Art Group, a student collective from the West Midlands, including Lubaina Himid, Sonia Boyce, Donald Rodney and Keith Piper. The movement tore down barriers to access for Black artists, and put Black Britain on the global cultural map.
Oct 1, 2020 · From pioneering Caribbean artists, to trailblazing contemporary artists, and those long-overlooked, we've gathered together our favourite books, articles and videos on Black artists in British art.
Oct 25, 2022 · With rising unemployment rates, the destruction of the unions, the premiership of Margaret Thatcher and a growing right-wing conservatism, a group of young, defiant artists exploded onto the British art scene who would collectively come to be known as the Black Arts Movement.
Oct 10, 2023 · An early member of the BLK Art Group, a trailblazing figure in the Black British art movement and a pioneer of Black feminist art, Claudette Johnson (b. 1959) is one of the most significant figurative artists of her generation.
The Black British Art research group brings together curators, artists, researchers and academics interested in critical race issues as they pertain to the histories, collection, production, consumption and display of art in Britain and its audiences.
