Collection Summary
Distinguished Black British scholar and art historian, Eddie Chambers, whose broad area of expertise and scholarship is the art and art history of the African Diaspora, has been professionally involved in the visual arts for four decades, first as an artist, then as a writer of art criticism and a curator, and transitioning to academia in the early 2000s. In 1989, Eddie Chambers established the African and Asian Visual Artists’ Archive (AAVAA), the only dedicated research and reference facility in the UK at the time focused on documenting the history and work of British-based Black artists. The Eddie Chambers Papers span the 1970s to the 2010s and include rare publications, ephemera, press, photographs and manuscripts primarily documenting British Black and Caribbean artists from the African Diaspora.
Status
Finding aid forthcoming.
Access
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