"THE NEW BLACK VANGUARD" ARLES
Les Rencontres D’Arles
"The New Black Vanguard showcases artists whose vibrant portraits and conceptual images merge art and fashion photography, breaking down long-established boundaries. Their work has been widely featured in fashion and society magazines, advertising campaigns, and museums, as well as on their own social media platforms, infusing contemporary visual language around beauty and the body with new vitality and substance. These images open up the conversation around the representation of the Black body and Black life as a subject. Collectively, they celebrate Black creativity and the hybridization between art, fashion, and culture in constructing an image. Seeking to challenge the idea that the Black world is homogeneous, the works serve as a form of visual activism. This perspective is often found in this movement, free of emerging talents creating photographs in very different contexts – New York and Johannesburg, Lagos and London. The results present new perspectives on the medium of photography and notions of race, beauty, gender, and power.
Campbell Addy (1993), Arielle Bobb-Willis (1994), Micaiah Carter (1995), Awol Erizku (1988), Nadine Ijewere (1992), Liz Johnson Artur (1964), Quil Lemons (1997), Namsa Leuba (1982), Renell Medrano (1992), Tyler Mitchell (1995), Jamal Nxedlana (1985), Daniel Obasi (1994), Ruth Ossai (1991), Adrienne Raquel (1990), Dana Scruggs, Stephen Tayo (1994).
Additional works by AB+DM (Ahmad Barber and Donté Maurice), Djeneba Aduayom, Lawrence Agyei, Rasharn Agyemang, Araba Ankuma, Bafic, Daveed Baptiste, Malick Bodian, Kennedi Carter, Jorian Charlton, Christian Cody, Faith Couch, Delphine Diallo, Rhea Dillon, Philip-Daniel Ducasse, Christina Ebenezer, Yagazie Emezi, Cary Fagan, Justin French, Alexandre Gaudin, Erica Génécé, Kenny Germé, Denzel Golatt, Yannis Davy Guibinga, Travis Gumbs, Tyrell Hampton, Seye Isikalu, Adama Jalloh, Manny Jefferson, Kreshonna Keane, Ekua King, Joshua Kissi, Casper Kofi, Olivia Lifungula, Myles Loftin, Mahaneela, Ronan Mckenzie, Tyra Mitchell, Fabien Montique, Sierra Nallo, Manuel Obadia-Wills, Travys Owen, Amber Pinkerton, Marc Posso, Caio Rosa, Silvia Rosi, Lucie Rox, Makeda Sandford, Cécile Smetana Baudier, Justin Solomon, Texas Isaiah, David Uzochukwu, Juan Veloz, Isaac West, and Joshua Woods."
Eglise Sainte-Anne, Arles
4 Juillet - 26 Septembre 2021
Photo n°18 Nina 2020