Arielle Bobb-Willis: Keep the Kid Alive

The first monograph by the New Black Vanguards Arielle Bobb-Willis is a vivid statement about color, gesture, and style. Keep the Kid Alive, Arielle Bobb-Williss first book, invites audiences into a brightly imaginative world, filled with dynamic colors, gestures, and unusual poses of the artists own creation. Transforming the streets of New Orleans, New York, and Los Angeles into lush backdrops for her wonderfully surreal tableaus, Bobb-Willis makes unforgettable images that expand the genres of fashion and art photography. I love the idea of seeing Black people represented in an abstract way, Bobb-Willis says. Its important to me to continue to reject the notion that Black expression is limitedor limiting. With a conversation between Bobb-Willis and a dynamic range of artists, stylists, and creatives who speak about keeping their inner kid alive, this book captures a definitive young artists unconventional worldbuilding.