Vision and Voice

We took our name from some words by artist Gavin Jantjes, spoken at the Black Visual Arts Conference on 12th April 1986. These words remain relevant today.

A scan of an old black and white newspaper article with the title Talking about Black Art
A scan of an old black and white newspaper article with a picture of Rita Keegan at a Black Arts Conference

“A black visual art is an innovative expression of a particular reality – a reality set in the framework of specific cultural and historic forces. These are: cultural domination by Western Eurocentrism and marginality to it; the experience of exploitation, appropriation, slavery, inequality and racism; and the long and abominable history of colonialism. A black art emerges from this framework and is vitalised by these forces.” 

Gavin Jantjes, 1986

A scan of an old black and white newspaper article with a photo of Gavin Jantjes
A scan of an old black and white newspaper article with a photo of the chairperson Errol Lloyd