Reshaping the Field: Arts of the African Diasporas on Display. Exhibition Histories 13

Reshaping the Field: Arts of the African Diasporas on Display explores key moments that have created ruptures in how Blackness has been framed through exhibitions, emphasising how Black artists have been viewed and African diasporic art histories have been shaped. The publication expands the field of exhibition histories through a selection of pioneering exhibitions that have shaped the domain of Black art today.  Addressing the seemingly never-ending tension between art as universal versus identity specific, this publication demonstrates that the question of Black identity in art and exhibition-making is inherently historically and systemically produced. Text: : Nana Adusei-Poku, Mora J. Beauchamp-Byrd, Bridget Cooks, Abby Eron, Amber Esseiva, Cheryl Finley, Languid Hands (Imani Robinson and Rabz Lansiquot), Julie McGee, Kobena Mercer, Derek Conrad Murray, Serubiri Moses, Senam Okudzeto, Monique Renee Scott, Jamaal B. Sheats, Richard J. Powell, Howard Michael Singerman, Marlene Smith, Lucy Steeds, and Brittany Webb.