Comprised of seven artists, they were invested in exploring the postcolonial black experience and social unrest permeating Britain during an economic recession and growing populism. After the 1981 Brixton Riots in South London-where he grew up-Akomfrah helped launch the influential Black Audio Film Collective. Jack Hemsīorn in Ghana and raised in London, multimedia artist John Akomfrah made a name for himself in the 1980s creating video works that unflinchingly explore colonial histories and the black diaspora around the globe.
If there wasn’t debate, it wouldn’t be be art, would it? John Akomfrah John Akomfrah. So: read, enjoy, and by all means, heartily disagree with the choices we’ve made. Who will we be talking about most fervently over the course of 2018, and the years that follow? Who’s making it happen? This, from our perspective, is a gathering of the people who are truly influential in art right now. So we decided to pinpoint who exactly these people are. And of course any great artist needs their champions: the curators, gallerists and institutional directors who put their boundary-demolishing work on view.
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