Reflecting on Black British history in art: Top Shelf by Liz Johnson Artur

Created in partnership with Culture Mile Learning, these resources focus on a a photography piece called Top Shelf by Liz Johnson Artur, which is now on display in the Undercroft at Guildhall Art Gallery.

Liz Johnson Artur has lived and worked in London since the early 1990s. A Ghanaian-Russian photographer, her work documents the lives of Black people from across the African Diaspora, with her recent work focusing on Black British, south London communities.

Watch the video with the artist discussing her work, and then use the PDFs attached to explore her work further and discuss themes that come out of this work.