Legacy Russell

‘[Casteel] captures everyday encounters with people and places in works that invite recognition of our shared humanity.’ – MacArthur Foundation The first monograph on Jordan Casteel, one of the most critically acclaimed artists working today. Jordan Casteel (b.1989 in Denver) is a New York-based artist known for her large-scale, figurative portraits and landscapes made with gestural brushwork and bold swaths...

Images of blackness have become important in our understanding of the modern world because they reflect and shape the way black people are perceived and represented. In Black Meme, Legacy Russell explores the role of these images in the construction of black identity and visual culture, from the early days of film and photography to the digital age. The first...

Representations of Blackness have always been integral to our understanding of the modern world. In Black Meme, Legacy Russell, award-winning author of the groundbreaking Glitch Feminism, explores the construct, culture, and material of the “meme” as mapped to Black visual culture from 1900 to the present day. Mining both archival and contemporary media, Russell explores the impact of Blackness, Black...