Representative work by Lubaina Himid
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Lubaina Himid

b. 1954, Zanzibar City, Zanzibar · British, born Zanzibar

  • Royal College of Art
  • Wimbledon College of Arts

Lubaina Himid has been a central figure in Black British art since the 1980s as artist, curator and organizer. Her paintings, cut-out figures and installations address colonial history, migration, architecture and the visibility of Black life within European culture.

Painting; installation; curating

Objects

Artist Films

Major Works

  • 1986A Fashionable Marriage
  • 2004Naming the Money
  • 2007Swallow Hard: The Lancaster Dinner Service
  • 2016–17Le Rodeur series
  • 1980sFreedom Kangas
  • 1985The Carrot Piece
  • 2019Old Boat/New Money
  • 2019Work from Underneath
  • 2019Six Tailors
  • 2019Metal Handkerchiefs

Interviews & Writing

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