A major new study of Black figurative art from Africa and the African diaspora, covering 100 years from the early 20th century to now.
Published to accompany a major exhibition at Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, this book presents a comprehensive exploration of Black self representation through portraiture and figuration, celebrating Black subjectivity and Black consciousness from Pan-African and Pan-Diasporic perspectives.
With a primary focus on representational painting, When We See Us celebrates how artists