Publication
The Thin Black Line: An Exhibition Selected by Lubaina Himid, ICA: 1985
- Year
- 1985
- Publisher
- Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, UK
- Authors / Editors
- Lubaina Himid
A catalogue published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition The Thin Black Line (1985-1986), curated by the artist Lubaina Himid, hosted by the ICA, London, UK featuring the art of eleven artists - Brenda Agard, Sutapa Biswas, Sonia Boyce, Chila Kumari Burman, Jennifer Comrie, Lubaina Himid, Claudette Johnson, Ingrid Pollard, Marlene Smith, Maud Sulter and Veronica Ryan. 'All eleven artists in this exhibition are concerned with the politics and realities of being Black Women. We will debate upon how and why we differ in our creative expression of these realities. Our methods vary individually from satire to storytelling, from timely vengeance to careful analysis, from calls to arms to the smashing of stereotypes. We are claiming what is ours and making ourselves visible. We are eleven of the hundreds of creative Black Women in Britain. We are here to stay. Lubaina Himid.'