Jacqueline Springer: The Music is Black - A British Story Larne Abse Gogarty neuroses and tenderness--but also index

neuroses and tenderness--but also index the development of the visual language that would go on to codify him as one of the preeminent artists of his generation

Contributions by Kaveh Akbar

Notable presentations include commissioned work with Florence Peake for Venice Biennale 2019 (IT)

In a layout created by the Sports Banger studio

Jacqueline Springer: The Music is Black - A British Story Larne Abse Gogarty neuroses and tenderness--but also indexV & A Publishing, 2026, hardcover, 352 pages, 16. 5 x 23 cm Black Black British music has been the soundtrack to periods of profound political, social, cultural and demographic change. It is the music of identity, indefatigability, resistance, anger, celebration, love, loss; it is the music of possibility and hope. Opening with an exploration of the sound and identity of the African diaspora as shaped by the tumultuous forces of British imperialism