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Black British History
Black British History

© the artist. Image credit: London Streetshots, courtesy of Black Outdoor Art

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'Black people have made significant contributions to British society; however, these contributions have been left unrecognised as Black British history is often deliberately excluded from mainstream British history discourse. Upon doing extensive research into the different ways to showcase Black British history, I noticed frequent silent gaps in the timeline. I adapted the cultural technique of quilting to give visibility to the existence and contributions of Black people in Britain during the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. I aim to dismantle the "single story" which suggests that Black people had only arrived in Britain after the Second World War in the late 1940s during the Windrush period.' (Jahnavi Inniss)

Black Outdoor Art

London

Title

Black British History

Date

2020

Medium

large format print on paper

Measurements

H 304.8 x W 609.6 cm

Accession number

BOA_11

Acquisition method

commissioned, 2020

Work type

Print

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