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The page compositions are dynamic and move the reader through the book in a lively manner—complimented by the wonderfully bold and vibrant color palette.
The page compositions are dynamic and move the reader through the book in a lively manner—complimented by the wonderfully bold and vibrant color palette.
A powerful corrective has arrived in the form of “Afro-Atlantic Histories,” a visual survey of the diaspora […] An odyssey that extends from seventeenth-century Kongo to present-day Puerto Rico.
A broad, long-overdue examination of the visual legacy of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora to accompany a show that’s sure to generate high interest.
A feast of images and ideas... Afro-Atlantic Histories raises the stakes of so-called global modernism by boldly setting forth the conditions of an art history that is for, rather than against, a global majority—a majority with which existing institutional structures have only just begun to reckon.
If you want to educate yourself on this vast history, spanning centuries and involving millions of people, then this art book is for you