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I Have Found a Song (Hardcover)
Patience Agbabi, Polly Atkin, Valerie Bloom; Illustrated by Sonia Boyce, Hew Locke, …
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"I Have Found a Song" is a fascinating collection of poems and
images published to mark the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the
Slave Trade Act. It originated in a commission from Arts Council
England for 12 poets to write on the theme of enslavement, which
has resulted in a richly diverse selection of new poems.
Interspersed with these are elaborate and exciting visual
contributions by five artists invited by "Enitharmon Editions" to
produce work on the same theme. The de luxe edition of the book is
accompanied by a portfolio of signed original prints, and each
artist has also contributed additional sequences of images
reflecting on enslavement in its many forms. The poets include
Patience Agbabi, Polly Atkin, Valerie Bloom, Jean 'Binta' Breeze,
Fred D'Aguiar, Helen Dunmore, Bernardine Evaristo, Paul Farley,
Jacob Sam-La Rose, Iain Sinclair, Hugo Williams, and Benjamin
Zephaniah. The artists include Sonia Boyce, Hew Locke, Shanti
Panchal, Chris Steele-Perkins, and Paula Rego.
In the 1980s-at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil
unrest and rioting in a number of British cities-the Black Arts
Movement burst onto the British art scene with breathtaking
intensity, changing the nature and perception of British culture
irreversibly. This richly illustrated volume presents a history of
that movement. It brings together in a lively dialogue leading
artists, curators, art historians, and critics, many of whom were
actively involved in the Black Arts Movement. Combining cultural
theory with anecdote and experience, the contributors debate how
the work of the black British artists of the 1980s should be viewed
historically. They consider the political, cultural, and artistic
developments that sparked the movement even as they explore the
extent to which such a diverse body of work can be said to
constitute a distinct artistic movement-particularly given that
"black" in Britain in the 1980s encompassed those of South Asian,
North and sub-Saharan African, and Caribbean descent, referring as
much to shared experiences of disenfranchisement as to shades of
skin.In thirteen original essays, the contributors examine the
movement in relation to artistic practice, public funding, and the
transnational art market and consider its legacy for today's
artists and activists. The volume includes a unique catalog of
images, an extensive list of suggested readings, and a descriptive
timeline situating the movement vis-a-vis relevant artworks and
films, exhibitions, cultural criticism, and political events from
1960 to 2000. A dynamic living archive of conversations, texts, and
images, Shades of Black will be an essential resource.
Contributors. Stanley Abe, Jawad Al-Nawab, Rasheed Araeen, David A.
Bailey, Adelaide Bannerman, Ian Baucom, Dawoud Bey, Sonia Boyce,
Allan deSouza, Jean Fisher, Stuart Hall, Lubaina Himid, Naseem
Khan, susan pui san lok, Kobena Mercer, Yong Soon Min, Keith Piper,
Zineb Sedira, Gilane Tawadros, Leon Wainwright, Judith Wilson
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