{"product_id":"9781917976121","title":"David Uzochukwu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first major exhibition and monograph on contemporary artist David Uzochukwu. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Uzochukwu: Bodies of Water\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetic meditation on identity, migration, and belonging. Marking the artist's first solo museum exhibition, the book introduces readers to Uzochukwu's visionary practice, where mythology, fantasy, and personal history converge. In his photographs, hybrid beings-part human, part animal-move through surreal, aqueous landscapes. Here, Blackness resists fixed definition: fluid, shifting, and vibrantly alive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRejecting portrayals of African diasporic people as displaced or alien, Uzochukwu imagines figures equipped to thrive in challenging worlds-adorned with fins, scales, and other transformative traits. His seamless digital collages merge precision and wonder, dissolving the boundaries between reality and imagination. The resulting images echo the adaptive strategies of diasporic communities navigating environments often shaped by hostility and exclusion. Featuring newly commissioned essays and reflections, \u003ci\u003eBodies of Water\u003c\/i\u003e gathers leading curators, writers, and cultural critics to explore Uzochukwu's work as a meditation on transformation, survival, and the limitless possibilities of Black existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eExhibition Schedule\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemphis Brooks Museum of Art,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJune 10 - December 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Weisman Museum in St. Paul, Minnesota\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e in Spring or Fall 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e+ other national venues TBC\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Paul Holberton Publishing\/Distributed by Yale University Press\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Holberton Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313790132597,"sku":"9781917976121","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781917976121.jpg?v=1782310053","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781917976121","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}