It's a question of colour - Bexley Times - February 2006

It’s a question of colour, says artist Adelaide

It’s a question of colour, says artist Adelaide
Source: Bexley Times
Published: February 2006
Author: Charlotte Tamvakis

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These portraits might be in colour but they all about the differences between black and white. There are among 30 paintings of British icons being shown in Islington this month.

Black Brits is a series of portraits – including David Beckham, Sir Trevor McDonald and Ken Livingstone – by 29 year old Adelaide Damoah. She says: “I have reversed their skin complexions to pose the question would they have achieved iconic status if their skin was a different colour?”

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