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The Arts Intel Report

Howardena Pindell: A New Language

Text, by Howardena Pindell.

July 2 – Oct 30, 2022
Castle St, Cambridge CB3 0AQ, United Kingdom

In 1979, following a car accident at the age of 36, Howardena Pindell set up a camera in her apartment and filmed Free, White, and 21. The film recounts the racism Pindell experienced as a Black woman in America. Along with dozens of multimedia works (including paintings such as Diallo) from throughout Pindell’s six-decade career, Free, White, and 21 is featured in her first solo exhibition in the U.K. Each facet of her practice demonstrates Pindell’s deftness across media, a depth of vision that has made her one of the leading voices in American art. —Antoinette Roberts

Photo: © Howardena Pindell and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York