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My Cultural Life: Lubaina Himid
British artist and curator Lubaina Himid has spent four decades amplifying Black and female experience through her figurative paintings, drawings and installations. Born in Zanzibar, she made history in 2017 as the first Black woman and oldest person to win the Turner Prize – an achievement she described as ‘bittersweet’ – before being awarded a CBE in the 2018 honours list. ‘Lubaina Himid’ is at Tate Modern until 3 July 2022.
My all-time favourite piece of music is Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert, which helped me to stay calm as I travelled to London when my mother was ill. I played sections of it at her funeral and never tire of listening to the colours and aching brilliance.
Musician Keith Jarrett in 1973
I’m currently listening to Ane Brun’s album It All Starts with One. She’s an amazing Norwegian songwriter of Sami origin.
The book that has influenced me the most is The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse, where I discovered the creative possibilities that emerge when trying to comprehend the essentials of music and mathematics. I also love Alice Walker’s In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens, which helped me to understand the value and necessity of self-respect; and Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy, whic
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Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid was born in 1954 in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and raised in the UK. She trained in Theatre Design at Wimbledon College of Art and received an MA in Cultural History from the Royal College of Art. Himid's work spans painting, drawing, installation and printmaking, all characterised by bold patterns and vibrant colours. Working with mixed media, Himid paints on a variety of surfaces, including ceramic and wood, often producing objects and sculptures with performative elements.
Engaged with uncovering marginalised and silenced histories, figures, and cultural moments, Himid's practice also addresses her own heritage. A member of the Black Arts Movement of the 1980s, her work is politically critical, tackling questions of race, gender and class. Her work also engages with the tradition of history painting in the Western canon; Hogarth's paintings and engravings depicting satirical morality tales, have long held a fascination for Himid.
In many areas of her work Himid collaborates with Magda Stawarska, a multi-disciplinary artist working predominantly with sound, moving image and print. Stawarska, who has exhibited internationally, most recently created sound compositions that were central to Himid’s exhibitions at Tate, London (2021) and New Museum