Rise Up by Victoria Avery

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Rise Up by Victoria Avery

A beautifully illustrated catalogue to a major exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, exploring enslavement, rebellion, revolution and Abolitionism through art, 17501850.

Victoria Avery is Keeper of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Fitzwilliam Museum and Professor of European Sculpture at Cambridge University. Her recent publications include Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance (2023), Feast & Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500–1800 (2019) and Michelangelo: Sculptor in Bronze (2018).

Wanja Kimani is a visual artist, writer and curator whose research explores diasporic cultural histories and the evolving relationship between the body and the land. She has curated and collaborated on international exhibitions with artists, primarily from East Africa. In 2022, she represented Kenya at the 59th Venice Biennale and is currently pursuing a practice-led PhD at Chelsea College of Arts, UAL.

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ISBN 13 9781781301357
ISBN 10 1781301352
Title Rise Up
Author Victoria Avery
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
Year published 2025-02-21
Number of pages 208
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