Between the two my heart is balanced- Lubainia Himid (1991)

Lubaina himid has worked across what three medias

Sculpture, painting and installation

Her artwork deal with what histories with what themes

Black dysphoric histories with themes of migration

Where was she born?

Indian Ocean Island, Zanzibar

Zanzibar is a part of what nation

East African nation of Tanzania

When was she born?

1954

What was the race of her mother?

White from England

What was her father's ethnicity and where was he born?

Comoran ethnicity from Zanzibar

When did her father die?

Shortly after her birth

Shortly after her birth, her mother relocated where

London

Between the two my heart is balanced, reflects on her identity as

Next race person growing up in Britain with ties to East Africa

The painting also references what two things

British art historical traditions

UK's involvement in African migrations

Human academic background contributes to her use of what two things

Buried, artistic and historical references

Humid has a degree in what subject

Theater design

Where did she get her degree in theater design?

Wimbledon College of art in London

Where did she earn an MA?

The Royal College of Art

What did she get her MA in?

Cultural history

Since the 1980s humid has been a prominent member of what movement

UK's black British art movement

Since what decade has she been a member of the UK's black British art movement

1980s

What two things did this art movement push for? for who?

Visibility and opportunity for contemporary artists with African/Caribbean ancestry

Where did she found a gallery?

London

What was the name of this gallery?

The elbow room

Between what years had the elbow room became a key site for exhibiting up-and-coming artists

1986-1990

The other room had become a key site for exhibiting works by up-and-coming artists of what race

Black and Asian

Humid is known for what? Two types of art.

Brightly colored paintings and large skill installations

What did these large scale installation feature?

Painted cut outs of figures

These painted cut outs of figures within these installations are often deployed with what undertone

Satirical humor

Later in her career, what award did she win?

The Turner prize

When did she win the Turner prize?

2017

What two exhibitions won her the Turner prize

Navigation charts and

invisible strategies

Why was it special that she won the Turner prize?

She was the first woman of African descent to win it

Describe the scene of between two. My heart is balanced.

Two black women in a boat speeding through choppy seas

The style of the painting can be described as

Simplified

Instead of focusing on naturalistic representation, the painting focuses more on what three things

Colors

Shape

Textures of brushwork

There is no means of what

Navigation

The emotions of the two figures appear

Calm and happy

The woman on the right is performing what action

Juggling two blue shapes between her hands

The artist describes the two women as performing what action

Ripping up maps and throwing them into the waves

What is a notable characteristic of the figure to the left?

Elongated head wrap

They figured to the left resembles what due to her simplified profile

Egyptian wall relief

The figure to the right is seem reaching

Into a stack of horizontal lines

The thick horizontal lines are painted and thick stripes of what colors 4

Ochre

Dark red

Black

Blue green

By ripping up these maps, they are disregarding

Narratives of exploration implied by the maps

What three things does this painting contain references to

British art history

The artists own identity

Historical patterns of migration, forced and voluntary

The composition of between the two my heart is balanced is inspired by what artists work

James Tissots