{"id":55393,"date":"2017-12-06T02:39:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T02:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=55393"},"modified":"2017-12-06T02:39:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T02:39:51","slug":"turner-prize-goes-to-lubaina-himid-whose-work-depicts-african-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=55393","title":{"rendered":"Turner Prize Goes to Lubaina Himid, Whose Work Depicts African Diaspora"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turner Prize Goes to Lubaina Himid, Whose Work Depicts African Diaspora<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a>
\n2017-12-05<\/p>\n

Anna Codrea-Rado<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nLubaina Himid<\/a> won Britain\u2019s leading contemporary art prize for \u201cher uncompromising tackling of issues\u201d including colonial history and racism, the jury chairman said.
\nCredit Edmund Blok for Modern Art Oxford<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The visual artist Lubaina Himid<\/a>, best known for her paintings, installations and drawings depicting the African diaspora<\/a>, won the Turner Prize<\/a> on Tuesday night, making her the first nonwhite woman to be given the leading British contemporary art award…<\/p>\n

…Alex Farquharson, Tate Britain\u2019s<\/a> director and the chairman of the Turner Prize jury, said in a statement that the jury \u201cpraised the artist for her uncompromising tackling of issues including colonial history and how racism persists today.\u201d Ms. Himid won for three of her shows this year, in Oxford<\/a>, Bristol<\/a> and Nottingham<\/a>, he said.<\/p>\n

Among the selection of Ms. Himid\u2019s work on display at the Turner Prize exhibition in Hull<\/a> was a collection of English ceramics painted with images of black slaves.<\/p>\n

Ms. Himid, 63, is the oldest recipient in the prize\u2019s history; a rule change made her eligible. This year\u2019s award was the first since 1991 that was open to artists over 50…<\/p>\n

…This year\u2019s shortlist was also noted for being one of the most diverse. All of the nominees have connections abroad, either by birth or through parentage. Ms. Nashashibi, 44, was born in London to a Palestinian father and an Irish mother; Ms. B\u00fcttner, 46, is German-born; Mr. Anderson is the son of Jamaican immigrants; and Ms. Himid was born in Tanzania…<\/p>\n

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