Talk: Exhibition Histories: Lubaina Himid
Artist Lubaina Himid discusses three seminal exhibitions she curated in early 1980s London: Five Black Women at the Africa Centre (1983), Black Women Time Now at Battersea Arts Centre (1983-4) and The Thin Black Line at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (1985).
These shows introduced a radical generation of young Black and Asian women artists to the British art scene, challenging their previous invisibility. Himid was one of the pioneers of the Black Art movement, which offered a forum for black artists exploring the social and political issues surrounding black history and identity. She is joined in conversation by curator and Director of TrAIN Paul Goodwin.
Organised in partnership with Afterall, Exhibition Histories is a regular series of talks at the Whitechapel Gallery focusing on contemporary art exhibitions from the past fifty years that have changed the way art is seen and made. The series is inspired by the Exhibition Histories books published by After all.