Notions of invisibility and obscurity weigh on Strachan’s excavation of overlooked figures throughout history

Bahamian-born artist Tavares Strachan’s (born 1979) In Total Darkness engages with French colonialism through an investigation of the Haitian Revolution, the first victorious revolt of Black enslaved people. In doing so, Strachan questions our presumed and popular knowledge of history.

Text by: Olivia Anani, Michele Robecchi