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Naming the Money: Kwesi, 2004/2021, 2021

Print

21 Colour Screenprint and Inkjet on Somerset Enhanced Radiant White Satin 330gsm.

29.92 x 23.62 in

76.0 x 60.0 cm

Edition of 125

Signed, numbered and dated by the artist.

PRICE: $2,729  or as low as LEARN MORE

29.92 x 23.62 in

76.0 x 60.0 cm

Edition of 125

$2,729
PRICE:

    About The Work

    Lubaina Himid, along with seven other leading international artists, were asked to create a print to celebrate Tate Modern’s 21st anniversary. A third of the profits from the sale of each print will benefit Tate.

    For almost four decades, British artist Lubaina Himid has created artworks that celebrates black creativity. Her drawings, paintings, sculptures and installations analyse cultural history, the reclaiming of identities and the legacy of the slave trade, as well as racism, gender issues and the lack of representation within institutions.

    Himid's print for Tate 21 'Naming the Money: Kwesi’ is derived from one of the characters which inhabit Himid’s largest installation to date, 'Naming the Money’ (2004). Consisting of 100 life-sized cut-outs, each figure represents an African slave from the royal courts of eighteenth-century Europe, depictions the artist had previously encountered in European court paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries. Countering the typical anonymity of their original pictorial representation, Himid’s installation gives each figure a name and a backstory, and thus a concrete, distinct identity. They are full of life, with their personality, individuality, skills and passions shining through.

    About Lubaina Himid

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