Arielle Bobb-Willis: Keep the Kid Alive

Arielle Bobb-Willis: Keep the Kid Alive

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Arielle Bobb-Willis's debut monograph offers a poignant exploration of color, gesture, and style, showcasing her expertise as a member of the New Black Vanguard.

Experience the imaginative world of Arielle Bobb-Willis through her debut book, Keep the Kid Alive. Using vibrant colors, fluid movements, and unique poses, Bobb-Willis transforms the streets of New Orleans, New York, and Los Angeles into stunning backdrops for her surreal fashion and art photography. By rejecting the limitations placed on Black expression, Bobb-Willis showcases the boundless potential of her community. Accompanied by insightful conversations with a diverse group of artists, stylists, and creatives, this book is a testament to the power of maintaining one's inner child.

Arielle Bobb-Willis Arielle Bobb-Willis (born in New York, 1994) has published her photography in the New Yorker, I-D, W Magazine, British Journal of Photography, L’uomo Vogue, New York magazine’s The Cut, and the New York Times Magazine. Her work is featured in The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion (Aperture, 2019) and an accompanying exhibition, which traveled to the Museum of the African Diaspora, Rencontres d’Arles, Fotografiska Sweden, and other venues. She is currently based in Los Angeles. Tiana Reid Tiana Reid is an assistant professor of English at York University. Her research and teaching interests include black literature, gender, and labor. Her writing has appeared in American Quarterly, Art in America, Bookforum, Frieze, The Nation, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, and The Paris Review, among other places. She is a former editor at The New Inquiry and Pinko. In 2021, she received her PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. Nicole Acheampong Nicole Acheampong is the digital editor at T Magazine. A former editor at Aperture and the Atlantic, her writing has appeared in Art in America and the New York Review of Books.

Materials: Hardcover

Size: 10.5 in H x 8.3 in W

Item 9781597115704
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