Njideka Akunyili Crosby: I Refuse to be Invisible

Publisher: Norton Museum of Art

Publication Date: 2016

Texts by Cheryl Brutvan and Taiye Selasi

This catalogue is the first publication to focus on the work of Nigerian-born, L.A.-based artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby. It accompanied an exhibition of the artist's work held at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida in 2016. Contents include an introductory essay by exhibition curator Cheryl Brutvan, Taiye Selasi's text "Bye-Bye, Babar (Or: What Is An Afropolitan?)", artist interview, artist's chronology, and select bibliography and exhibition history. With full color reproductions of all works in the exhibition.

Details

Publisher: Norton Museum of Art

Artist: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Publication Date: 2016

ISBN: 9780943411033

Retail: $40 | £30

Status: Not Available

Binding: Hardcover

Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 10 1/4 in | 21.6 x 26 cm

Pages: 67

Artist and Contributors

Njideka Akunyili Crosby

In her methodically layered compositions, Njideka Akunyili Crosby (b. 1983) combines painted depictions of people, places, and subjects from her life with photographic transfers derived from her personal image archive as well as Nigerian magazines and other mass media sources. The resulting works are visual tapestries that vivify the personal and social dimensions of contemporary life while evocatively expressing the intricacies of African diasporic identity.

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