Larry Achiampong, Cipher #3, 2015

Our new issue has arrived, including an exclusive interview with British-Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong. This work is from Achiampong’s acclaimed series Glyth, which saw him edit various family photographs, covering the face of every Black person with a black circle, adorned with red lips. The distinct aesthetic this conjures is “distilled from a mesh of childhood experiences”, writes the artist’s gallery Copperfield. Namely, his “direct familiarity with racism as a young child growing up in East London in the 1980s and 90s… in school playgrounds, on the street, and in everyday mundane icons and advertisements”. Purchase Issue 46 now

to read Achiampong’s musings on success, leaving a legacy and concentrating on the big picture.