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This richly illustrated volume explores the multiple and evolving meanings of diaspora, its condition, and its experiences as expressed through painting. The book, based on an exhibition held at the Phi Foundation brings together artists who address questions of diaspora from diverse perspectives, methodologies, and aesthetic languages. With its own deep and complex history, painting becomes a particularly provocative lens through which to explore the complications and diversities that are analogous to the richness and wide range of diasporic experiences. Alongside full-colour reproductions of these artist's works are installation views of the exhibition as well as texts by the curator and an interdisciplinary group of writers who explore the practices of each artist. Artists: Larry Achiampong, Hurvin Anderson, Kamrooz Aram, Firelei Báez, Frank Bowling, Cy Gavin, Barkley L. Hendricks, Lubaina Himid, Moridja Kitenge Banza, Bharti Kher, Rick Leong, Manuel Mathieu, Julie Mehretu, Jordan Nassar, Yoko Ono, Maia Cruz Palileo, Rajni Perera, Ed Pien, Jassica Sabogal, Marigold Santos, Curtis Talwst Santiago, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Shanna Strauss, Mickalene Thomas, Hajra Waheed, and Jinny Yu. Exhibition: Fondation Phi pour l'art contemporain, Montréal, Canada (10.07. - 29.11.2020).