The Time is Always Now
Artists Reframe the Black Figure

An exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery, curated by Ekow Eshun, showcasing the work of contemporary artists (all works are post 2000) of the African diaspora - From the US and UK.

1) The Marchioness, Toyin Ojih Odutola, 2016
2) Standing Figure with African Masks, Claudette Johnson, 2018
3) Conjestina, Michael Armitage

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"Due to Covid I was moving between lockdowns in Nairobi and London and working on these paintings throughout this whole period, and the majority were finished last month. But this extended time in Nairobi gave me an opportunity to work en plein air, which I had been thinking about for a while but hadn’t been able to develop, and this resulted in most of the works in this show."

Michael Armitage Art

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/06/15/out-in-the-open-michael-armitage-on-how-the-pandemic-led-him-to-paint-en-plein-air Art Newspaper
Pic: Philipp Hänger/Kunsthalle Basel
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