Stick to the Skin

The first comparative history of African American and Black British artists, artworks, and art movements, Stick to the Skin traces the lives and works of over fifty painters, photographers, sculptors, and mixed-media, assemblage, installation, video, and performance artists working in the United States and Britain from 1965 to 2015. The artists featured in this book cut to the heart of hidden histories, untold narratives, and missing memories to tell stories that "stick to the skin" and arrive at a new "Black lexicon of liberation."Informed by extensive research and invaluable oral testimonies, Celeste-Marie Bernier’s remarkable text forcibly asserts the originality and importance of Black artists’ work and emphasizes the need to understand Black art as a distinctive category of cultural production. She launches an important intervention into European histories of modern and contemporary art and visual culture as well as into debates within African American studies, African diasporic studies, and Black British studies.Artists featured:Larry AchiampongHurvin AndersonBenny AndrewsRasheed Araeen  Jean-Michel BasquiatZarina BhimjiSutapa BiswasFrank BowlingSonia BoyceVanley BurkeChila Kumari BurmanEddie ChambersThornton Dial Godfried DonkorKimathi DonkorSokari Douglas CampMelvin EdwardsMary EvansNicola FrimpongJoy GregoryBessiey HarveyMona HatoumLubaina HimidLonnie HolleyGavin JantjesClaudette Johnson Tam JosephRoshini KempadooJuginder LambaHew LockeSteve McQueenChris OfiliKeith PiperIngrid PollardThomas J. PriceNoah PurifoyFaith RinggoldDonald RodneyBetye SaarJoyce J. Scott Yinka ShonibareGurminder SikandMarlene Smith Maud SulterBarbara WalkerKara WalkerCarrie Mae WeemsDeborah WillisHank Willis ThomasLynette Yiadom-Boakye