Black Op Art.
In this article, I conceptualize the term "black op art" to consider how black artists are centralizing speculative sensory effects as both object and subject within their work and therefore as dynamic interventions within the political, hyper-racialized, and dispossessing field of visuality. I cons...
| Published in: | Art Journal Vol. 82; no. 4; pp. 68 - 87 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Winter2023
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