A Black Gaze // Artists Changing How We See
Tina M. Campt • MIT Press • ISBN-13 978‑0262546058
A Black Gaze // Artists Changing How We See
ISBN-10: 0262045877 · ISBN-13: 978‑0262546058 · 2023
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Tina M. Campt explores how contemporary Black artists fundamentally transform the act of spectatorship by demanding a visceral, active engagement with their work. Through analyses of practitioners such as Deana Lawson, Arthur Jafa, and Simone Leigh, the text argues that these artists shift the viewer from passive observation to a state of looking with and alongside the complexities of Black life. This study reconfigures the relationship between the image and the observer, emphasizing the political and aesthetic power of the Black gaze.
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