Donald Rodney: A Reader

Donald Rodney: A Reader is a selection of crucial texts exploring the artist's work. Including perspectives from leading art historians, peers and the artist himself, these essays and previously unpublished writings illuminate Donald Rodney's enduring influence on contemporary art and cultural discourse. This reader brings together crucial perspectives from leading art historians, artists and peers, illuminating artist Donald Rodney's enduring influence on contemporary art and cultural discourse. Adopting the physical dimensions of Rodney's treasured sketchbooks, this book includes full-scale reproductions of his notes and drawings, alongside selected works spanning his career. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Donald Rodney: Visceral Canker at Spike Island, Bristol, Nottingham Contemporary and Whitechapel Gallery, London. 'Donald Rodney was a trailblazer. He was able to articulate and deconstruct the ongoing damage projected onto the black male body often found in popular media. Drawing on forms of representation that have refused to consider black masculinity as sensitive or vulnerable, Donald's artistic practice stands for a worldly humanness, infused with poignancy and incisive brilliance.' - Sonia Boyce, artist