BlackWomenMakeArtさんのイラストまとめ

“I see myself as Sikán, since I am the observer, the mediator and the taleteller: I invent the images based on my studies and my experiences, since I am not a believer, and as I see her, I see myself.”— Belkis Ayón, (1967-1999, Cuban printmaker).
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“I do believe that the fiction of ‘blackness’ that is the legacy of colonialism, can be interrupted by the encounter with the stories that we tell about ourselves."— Claudette Johnson (b. 1959, Manchester, UK), a British drawer living in London, UK.
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ruby oniyinyechi amanze (b. 1982) is a Nigerian born artist based in Brooklyn making very fascinating “post colonial hybrid” drawings. Her composition hierarchy cleverly combines architecture, afrofuturism, outer space, alien phenomena, and in-between.
https://t.co/vrjm7zXCUa

Rosemary Karuga (1928), a Kenyan native based in Ireland, uses newspapers, wrappers, etc to make rich, colorful collages— her life stories. She is the first East African woman to receive a lifetime achievement award by Dublin’s African Voice Newspaper.
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Diane Edison’s expressive self portraits explore realism territory with a super charged complexity that urges the viewer to see her through all varying facets of human emotion while also hitting at ageism, voluptuous body shapes, and distinctive Black hairstyles.

Coming January 1, 2020 is a new way of learning about Black women artists all over the world, past and present. While research is still in progress, including outlining a database of hopefully 366 artists, this Twitter account will be solely committed to Black women artists.