Lubaina Himid Zanzíbar, Tanzania, b. 1954
Bitter Battles, 2023
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
183 x 183 x 3.5 cm
72 x 72 x 1 3/8 in
72 x 72 x 1 3/8 in
© 2023 Lubaina Himid / Courtesy Fundación AMMA
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A brightly colored scene of a game featuring two figures seated at a table. The intense gazes they exchange suggest that the stakes are higher than they appear.
Lubaina Himid’s drawings, paintings, sculptures, and textile works critique the consequences of colonialism and challenge the invisibility of people of color in art and the media. Vibrant, graphic, and rich in color and symbolic references, her images evoke 18th-century British history paintings and satirical drawings.
Lubaina Himid’s drawings, paintings, sculptures, and textile works critique the consequences of colonialism and challenge the invisibility of people of color in art and the media. Vibrant, graphic, and rich in color and symbolic references, her images evoke 18th-century British history paintings and satirical drawings.