Tag: Bim Adewunmi

  • Ellen Gallagher: wigs, waterworlds and Wile E Coyote The Guardian 2013-05-07 Bim Adewunmi Adverts from black magazines, Plasticine, eyeballs – in the work of Ellen Gallagher, it’s all woven together into something new. Bim Adewunmi visits her chaotic Rotterdam studio Throughout our interview, Ellen Gallagher makes frequent trips to a large bookcase on the other…

  • Racism and skin colour: the many shades of prejudice The Guardian 2011-10-04 Bim Adewunmi Deeply entrenched attitudes towards colour, and the increasing promotion of skin-lightening products, are placing a ‘horrible burden’ on dark-skinned women Next week, at the international black film festival in Nashville, Bill Duke and D Channsin Berry will premiere their new documentary,…