Lubaina Himid, an influential artist known for her focus on colonial history and racism, has been selected to represent the UK at the upcoming 61st Venice Biennale. As a pivotal figure in the Black British Art Movement, she has curated significant exhibitions and her artwork reflects the contributions of Black individuals to European cultural history. Himid's acclaimed works often carry a blend of social and political critique, using varied media from paintings to installations to explore complex themes surrounding identity and history.
The Art Newspaper's Ben Luke wrote after her Turner Prize win in 2017: "Her paintings and painterly sculptural tableaux, teeming with powerful political and social messages and no shortage of absurdity and wry humour, have been a consistent, if too little acknowledged, presence on the British art scene for decades."
Lubaina Himid, whose work focuses on colonial history and racism, will represent the UK at the 61st Venice Biennale next year.
Himid has curated significant group exhibitions and her works highlight the contributions of Black people to European cultural life, spanning several centuries.
One of Himid's celebrated installations, The Fashionable Marriage (1986), critiques Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, referencing Hogarth's engravings to deliver a powerful social commentary.
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