The critically acclaimed exhibition, In the Black Fantastic, currently showing at Hayward Gallery features works from 11 contemporary artists from the African diaspora, whose work draws on science fiction, myth, folklore and Afrofuturism.
Listen back as director of Hayward Gallery, Ralph Rugoff and curator and author of the exhibition’s accompanying book, Ekow Eshun, explored how speculative fictions in Black art and culture are boldly reimagining perspectives on race, gender, identity and the body in the 21st century.