A rich thought-provoking collection of essays critiques and interviews from the influential
author of Ain't I a Woman and All About Love'If one could make a people lose touch with their
capacity to create lose sight of their will and their power to make art then the work of
subjugation of colonization is complete. Such work can be undone only by acts of
reclamation.'In a collection of essays critiques and interviews bell hooks responds to the
ongoing dialogues about producing exhibiting and criticising art and aesthetics in a world
increasingly concerned with identity politics. hooks shares her own experience of the
transformative power of art whilst exploring topics ranging from art in education and the home
to the politics of space and imagination as a revolutionary tool. She positions her writings on
visual politics within the ever-present question of how art can be empowering within the Black
community. Speaking with artists such as Carrie Mae Weems and Alison Saar and examining the
work of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Felix Gonzalez-Torres Art on My Mind is a generous and
expansive body of work that has become increasingly relevant since it was first published in
1995. Here is an essential tool for understanding the contemporary moment and a fundamental
text for any reader concerned with making and sustaining a democratic artistic culture.
