In the Black Fantastic review: A beguiling survey of Afrofuturism

Mark Hudson | The Independent | 30th June 2022

Black Fantastic, says the curator, is not a movement but a way of seeing. He is referring to black artists who use “speculative fictions” to address racial inequality and the legacy of slavery. Noting the plentiful surrealism at the current Venice Biennale, the writer suggests “the fantastic” is “an emerging generational sensibility”. The show’s exuberance can be a bit much, at which point one can’t help but focus on “the hard and tangible realities beneath”.