What is a Black gaze? Does it merely imply a world view held conjointly by those of African descent?
Or is it a way of seeing that forces us to confront Blackness and anti-Blackness and our relationship with both? Who are the Black artists that are pushing boundaries to embrace a broader understanding of the Black gaze while challenging Black respectability politics? This week on Left of Black, Dr. Tina M. Campt discusses her latest book, "A Black Gaze: Artists Changing How We See," published by the MIT Press, to unpack her favorite works by evocative artists who are continuing to change the face of the art world at large.
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