Stick to the Skin

"A long-overdue comparative and interdisciplinary history of African American and Black British art and artists that gives critical voice and analytical exposure to those artists who have been alienated within their own marginalized status. Impressively thorough, praiseworthy, and necessarily bold."--James Smalls, Professor of Visual Arts, University of Maryland, Baltimore County "Celeste-Marie Bernier's necessary and timely research fosters crucial bridging of African American studies and Black British studies, advancing our deeper understanding of the Black Atlantic."--Dr. Zoe Whitley, co-curator of Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power "Bernier has indeed produced a weighty study. Perhaps her greatest achievement in Stick to the Skin is the way in which she obliges us to see the merit, wisdom, and benefits of looking at Black artists in a range of wider contexts. Bernier emphatically overturns the insularity that has tended to be the hallmark of African American artists' histories, and instead, proposes a bold and challenging set of new theoretical frameworks with which to consider the work of artists of the Black Atlantic over a period of half a century. This book will take its place as one of the most substantial tomes on the work of Black visual artists."--Eddie Chambers, Professor of Art and Art History, University of Texas, Austin