How Ed Clark Found Control in AbstractionJohn-Baptiste OduorArtReview23 October 2024Eschewing the trappings of biographical fixation, a recent retrospective narrates the formal development of the artist
The Interview: Adriano PedrosaJohn-Baptiste OduorArtReview11 April 2024“There are narratives focused on more traditional art historical approaches. But there are many possible narratives, many stories.”
‘Whatever That Means’: The Duplicity of Percival Everett’s Literary WorldsJohn-Baptiste Oduorartreview.com05 April 2024The novelist’s works, of literature and an adaptation, American Fiction, explore the at once transformative and insidious potential of language
‘The Black Atlantic’ at 30: A ReappraisalJohn-Baptiste Oduorartreview.com25 October 2023Where does Paul Gilroy’s monumental work stand in today’s cultural sphere?
How Can Art Guided by Democracy and Community Survive?John-Baptiste OduorArtReview11 August 2023A recent history of political activism and collective action in the now-gentrified London borough of Hackney is chronicled in an exhibition that reflects on how art and politics in the UK have drifted apart
Steve McQueen’s ‘Grenfell’ Will Not Look AwayJohn-Baptiste Oduorartreview.com12 April 2023There is no easy path from the aesthetic experience to politics. How can art challenge us to remember?
The Past and Future of AfrofuturismJohn-Baptiste Oduorartreview.com29 July 2022From the moment of its inception, the genre has been concerned with the promise and peril of breaking from modernity
