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050		4	_aN6768 _b.C437 2012
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100	1		_aChambers, Eddie.
245	1	0	_aThings done change : _bthe cultural politics of recent Black artists in Britain / _cEddie Chambers.
264		1	_aAmsterdam ; _aNew York : _bRodopi, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (xlix, 299 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCross cultures ; _v144
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-275) and index.
505	0	0	_aPreliminary Material -- The only thing to look forward to… is the past -- Service to Empire -- Chris, Steve, and Yinka: We Run Tings -- Coming in From the Cold: Some Black Artists Are Embraced -- Everything Crash -- Works Cited -- Index.
506			_aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520			_a1980s Britain witnessed the brassy, multifaceted emergence of a new generation of young, Black-British artists. Practitioners such as Sonia Boyce and Keith Piper were exhibited in galleries up and down the country and reviewed approvingly. But as the 1980s generation gradually but noticeably fell out of favour, the 1990s produced an intriguing new type of Black-British artist. Ambitious, media-savvy, successful artists such as Steve McQueen, Chris Ofili, and Yinka Shonibare made extensive use of the Black image (or, at least, images of Black peo¬ple, and visuals evocative of Africa), but did so in ways that set them apart from earlier Black artists. Not only did these artists occupy the curatorial and gallery spaces nominally reserved for a slightly older generation but, with aplomb, audacity, and purpose, they also claimed previously unimaginable new spaces. Their successes dwarfed those of any previous Black artists in Britain. Back-to-back Turner Prize victories, critically acclaimed Fourth Plinth commissions, and no end of adulatory media attention set them apart. What happened to Black-British artists during the 1990s is the chronicle around which Things Done Change is built. The extraordinary changes that the profile of Black-British artists went through are dis¬cussed in a lively, authoritative, and detailed narrative. In the evolving history of Black-British artists, many factors have played their part. The art world’s turning away from work judged to be overly ‘political’ and ‘issue-based’; the ascendancy of Blair’s New Labour government, determined to locate a bright and friendly type of ‘diversity’ at the heart of its identity; the emergence of the precocious and hegemonic yBa grouping; governmental shenanigans; the tragic murder of Black Londoner Stephen Lawrence – all these factors and many others underpin the telling of this fascinating story. Things Done Change represents a timely and important contribution to the building of more credible, inclusive, and nuanced art histories. The book avoids treating and discussing Black artists as practitioners wholly separate and distinct from their counterparts. Nor does the book seek to present a rosy and varnished account of Black-British artists. With its multiple references to Black music, in its title, several of its chapter headings, and citations evoked by artists themselves, Things Done Change makes a singular and compelling narrative that reflects, as well as draws on, wider cultural mani¬festations and events in the socio-political arena.
648		7	_a1900-1999 _2fast
650		0	_aArt, Black _zGreat Britain _y20th century _xHistory.
650		0	_aArtists, Black _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aArt, British _y20th century _xHistory.
650		0	_aBlacks in art.
650		7	_aArt, Black. _2fast
650		7	_aArt, British. _2fast
650		7	_aArtists, Black. _2fast
650		7	_aBlacks in art. _2fast
651		7	_aGreat Britain. _2fast
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tThings Done Change: The Cultural Politics of Recent Black Artists in Britain _dLeiden, Boston : Brill | Rodopi, 2012, _z9789042034433
830		0	_aCross/Cultures _v144.
830		0	_aLiterature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004357907.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789401207300
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