| Description | To be published on page 7 of March 1995 issue.
The article mentions texts on Himid by art historians Maud Sulter, Jane Beckett, Deborah Cherry, Griselda Pollock, and Jill Morgan; and the exhibitions she curated, 'Five Black women', Africa Centre, 'Black women time now', and 'The thin Black line'.
States that no Black British woman artist has had solo exhibition at ICA (Institute for Contemporary Arts), London, since group show 'The thin Black line' there in 1985, which featured Sonia Boyce, Sulter, Veronica Ryan, Claudette Johnson, Jennifer Comrie, Marlene Smith, Ingrid Pollard, Brenda Agard, Chila Burman, Sutapa Biswas, and Himid herself.
NamechecksJoe Corr, Corr Contemporary Art, South London, her first dealer in eight years.
Article to illustrated by Himid's 'Mahalia Jackson' from the 'African gardens' series (1993). |