Michael Kelly is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. He is President of the Transdisciplinary Aesthetics Foundation, editor of the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2014, 2nd edition), and author of A Hunger for Aesthetics: Enacting the Demands of Art (2017). Monique Roelofs is Professor of Philosophy of Art and Culture at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She is the author of The Cultural Promise of the Aesthetic (2014) and Arts of Address: Being Alive to Language and the World (2020).
"Black Art and Aesthetics is an important collection of cutting-edge essays that explore the possibility of ""revalorizing"" Black aesthetics in ways that embrace both complex continuities and ruptures in the freighted history of aesthetics. The volume assembles writing by some of the most innovative artists and thinkers at the core of black contemporary art history, criticism and practice. * Tina M. Campt, Professor of Humanities, Princeton University, USA * This impressive and vibrant assemblage of artists, poets, and theorists showcases the beauty and brilliance of Black aesthetics. Each investigation buzzes with strategies for creating, living, and being despite difficulty. As a gathering, Black Art and Aesthetics promises to remake how we see the world. * Amber Jamilla Musser, Professor of English, CUNY Graduate Center, USA * The essays collected in Black Art and Aesthetics represent a comprehensive statement on the continuing vitality of the Black Aesthetic and a revaluation of the cultural forces that have been driving the production of art in the Black Diaspora. Drawing from a gallery of distinguished scholars, poets, and artists, this volume will serve as a model of critical thinking about the Black aesthetic for a long time. * Simon Gikandi, Class of 1943 University Professor of English, Princeton University, USA *"