Black Earth Rising: Colonialism and Climate Change in Contemporary Art

Eshun, Ekow/ Arabindan-kesson, Anna/ Gómez-barris, Macarena

ISBN 10: 0500028788 / ISBN 13: 9780500028780

Verlag: Thames & Hudson, 2025

240 pages. 12.50x10.00x1.00 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers xr0500028788

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Black Earth RisingWorks by over 150 contemporary artists are presented in three thematic sections: Reckoning, Reimagining, and Reclaiming. Complex and intertwined concepts are explored: forced migration and slavery, the environmental consequences of colonialism, the occupation of Native lands, the urban plight of Black and Brown communities, and how cultural practices and knowledge systems of indigenous peoples can change our perspectives of the natural world.Black Earth RisingLearn more about the exhibition at artbma.org

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Ekow Eshun is a writer, curator, journalist, and broadcaster based in London, whose writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, the Financial Times, The Guardian, and Vogue. Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, from 2005 to 2010, and a frequent contributor to BBC radio and television programs, his previous books include Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in England and Africa, Africa State of Mind: Contemporary Photography Reimagines a Continent, and In the Black Fantastic.

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Titel: Black Earth Rising: Colonialism and Climate ...
Verlag: Thames & Hudson
Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Brand New