The conditions of development of British black art are tied up with a social and cultural history of Europe, especially the anti-immigration policies of Margaret Thatcher and their consequences, such as the Brixton riots of the early 1980s. This study offers new narratives of emblematic works of British black art, analysing their critical force within Western art history, and how it stems from the relations they weave between the tools of cultural studies, British black feminism, cultural politics and the specific tools of artistic creation.