{"title":"Arielle Bobb-Willis","description":"\u003cp\u003eArielle Bobb-Willis offers compelling insights into contemporary arts and culture, exploring dynamic narratives that challenge traditional boundaries. Her works delve into themes of identity, representation, and the evolving landscape of Black creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful analysis enriched with vivid storytelling, capturing the vibrancy of cultural movements and the voices shaping them. Her writing invites reflection on how art intersects with social change and personal expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-new-black-vanguard-by-antwaun-sargent-9781597114684","title":"The New Black Vanguard","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion\u003c\/i\u003e, curator and critic Antwaun Sargent addresses a radical transformation taking place in fashion and art today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe featuring of the Black figure and Black runway and cover models in the media and art has been one marker of increasingly inclusive fashion and art communities. More critically, however, the contemporary visual vocabulary around beauty and the body has been reinfused with new vitality and substance thanks to an increase in powerful images authored by an international community of Black photographers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a richly illustrated essay, Sargent opens up the conversation around the role of the Black body in the marketplace; the cross-pollination between art, fashion, and culture in constructing an image; and the institutional barriers that have historically been an impediment to Black photographers participating more fully in the fashion (and art) industries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen artist portfolios feature the brightest contemporary fashion photographers, including Tyler Mitchell, the first Black photographer hired to shoot a cover story for American Vogue; Campbell Addy, founder of the Nii Agency and journal; and Nadine Ijewere, whose early series title, \u003ci\u003eThe Misrepresentation of Representation\u003c\/i\u003e, says it all. Alongside a series of conversations between generations, their images and stories chart the history of inclusion, and exclusion, in the creation of the commercial Black image, while simultaneously proposing a brilliantly reenvisioned future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhotographs by Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Awol Erizku, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai, Adrienne Raquel, Dana Scruggs, and Stephen Tayo. And conversations with Shaniqwa Jarvis, Mickalene Thomas, and Deborah Willis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428296999148,"sku":"9781597114684","price":89.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781597114684.jpg?v=1774497177"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/arielle-bobb-willis.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}