LE SEL NOIR: Perspektiven Schwarzer Gegenwartskunst/ Perspectives of Black Contemporary Art

127pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, Kerber Verlag, Berlin, 2025

ISBN: 9783735610676

Published to accompany the exhibition at Städtische Galerie Bremen, 2025.

Taking its title from the work of Martinique-born poet and thinker Édouard Glissant, Le Sel Noir presents artworks that explore Black subjectivity, self-empowerment and the complexities of identity in the field of tension between self-perception and external perception.

Artists: Valerie Asiimwe Amani, Lisa Marie Asubonteng, Sonia E. Barrett, Syowia Kyambi, Mónica de Miranda, Nástio Mosquito, Harold Offeh, Ngozi Ajah Schommers, Usha Seejarim, Lerato Shadi.

Texts in English and German by Alejandro Perdomo Daniels, Ingmar Lähnemann, Rebekka Körnig and Maria Rudy.