Donald Rodney
1961–1998
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Constellations: Bob and Roberta Smith
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Donald Gladstone Rodney (18 May 1961 – 4 March 1998) was a British artist. He was a leading figure in Britain's BLK Art Group of the 1980s and became recognised as "one of the most innovative and versatile artists of his generation." Rodney's work appropriated images from the mass media, art and popular culture to explore issues of racial identity and racism.
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Artist as subject
Film and audio
Donald Rodney: A Practice Unfolding
See how Donald Rodney explores race and representation in his sketchbook collection
Features
Tate Etc
In the Archive: Donald Rodney's ‘Splash Crowns’
Examining the powerful symbolism found in a sketchbook made by Donald Rodney while he was in hospital suffering from sickle-cell ...
Art Term
Diaspora
Diaspora is a term used to describe movements in population from one country to another and is often cited in ...
Art Term
The Blk Art Group
Formed in Wolverhampton, England, in 1979, The Blk Art Group was an association of young black artists who, inspired by ...
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British black arts movement
The British black arts movement was a radical political art movement founded in 1982 inspired by anti-racist discourse and feminist ...
Blog
Five artworks from Tate Liverpool's Keywords show
Assistant curator, Stephanie Straine, unlocks the stories behind five works on display in Tate Liverpool’s Keywords exhibition; a show ...
Blog
How do you deal with an artwork that has a missing piece?
How do you deal with an artwork that has a missing piece? This is one of the questions I've ...
Sketches, letters, etc.
Unknown person(s) Photograph of a display about docks
1988
Unknown person(s) Photograph of display about docks
1988
Unknown person(s) Newspaper cutting featuring a job advertisement for the position of Black Trainee Drama Officer.
1989–90
Black Art Gallery (London, UK) Greetings card, page 1
1992
Donald Rodney Sketchbook number 33
May 1990
Donald Rodney Sketchbook number 40
January 1993
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