Shades of Black: Assembling Black Arts in 1980s Britain

by Ian Baucom and Sonia Boyce

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007BWDJJ4
• ISBN13: 9780822334200
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.9" x 9.9"