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<p>Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 50s - Now explores the relationship between the Caribbean and Britain in art from the 1950s to the present day; a social and cultural history more often told through literature or popular music. It is a multi-generational story of a Caribbean community that settled in Britain and forged a new Black British identity and culture.<br> <br> Featuring a wide array of artworks - by artists including Aubrey Williams, Frank Bowling, Althea McNish, Donald Locke, Sonia Boyce, Isaac Julien, Lubaina Himid, Peter Doig, Chris Ofili, Steve McQueen, Alberta Whittle, and many more - this book provides a platform for artists hailing from or in dialogue with the Caribbean. Engaging with the complex cross-cultural narratives of the past, exploring the social, cultural and political issues of the time, and pointing to the future, it offers a multi-layered and vital account of postwar and contemporary Caribbean-British art history and is a celebration of the communities that have shaped modern Britain.<br> <br> Includes contributions from:<br> <br> David A. Bailey MBE, Artistic Director of the International Curators Forum.<br> <br> Alex Farquharson, Director of Tate Britain.<br> <br> Paul Gilroy, Professor of the Humanities at University College London.<br> <br> Daniella Rose King, a writer and Adjunct Curator of Caribbean Diasporic Art, Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational.<br> <br> David Scott, Professor of Anthropology in the Institute for Research in African American Studies, Columbia University, New York.<br> <br> Giulia Smith, a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the Ruskin School of Art and Worcester College, University of Oxford (2019-2022).<br> <br> Gilane Tawadros, a writer and curator, Chief Executive of DACS and Chair of the Stuart Hall Foundation.<br> <br> Allison Thompson, an art historian, writer and curator based in Barbados.<br> <br> Grace Wales Bonner, a British fashion designer.<br> <br> 'The book is a wonde