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Looking At Black Queer Art Through Time
Looking At Black Queer Art Through Time

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Looking At Black Queer Art Through Time

The queer community is full of creative vision, powerful voices, and talented individuals. Yet in the modern media and contemporary art scene we only get a narrow view of the queer community and the vast amounts of people behind them who brought... More

Manet And Mutu: The Black Female Figure
Manet And Mutu: The Black Female Figure

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Manet And Mutu: The Black Female Figure

Comparing Manet and Mutu’s work on representing black women within two different geographical and time periods demonstrated how people regard and disregard black women in art and life.

Turning the Subject into the Object: Black Representation in The Italian Renaissance
Turning the Subject into the Object: Black Representation in The Italian Renaissance

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Turning the Subject into the Object: Black Representation in The Italian Renaissance

An essay exploring the representation of blackness through visual and historical context by exploring the work of Venetian painter, Titian – specifically looking at the pieces, Diana and Acteon (1556-59) and Portrait of Laura Dei Dianti (1520-25).

The Fantasy of Light: Merging Our Sense of Blackness Through Du Bois and Peter Pan
The Fantasy of Light: Merging Our Sense of Blackness Through Du Bois and Peter Pan

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The Fantasy of Light: Merging Our Sense of Blackness Through Du Bois and Peter Pan

Supporting Paper for The Fantasy of Light Video Work.

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Ashley Waithe

Multi Disciplinary Artist, Writer, Curator

“Ashley Waithe is an emerging multi-disciplinary artist, writer and curator whose work resonates deeply with themes of nostalgia, childhood, and the exploration of Black and Afro-Caribbean identity....” [More]