by Derek Owusu
First published 2023
Daniel Morris walks into his first major gallery exhibition, knowing everything depends on these walls. A rising British artist of Ghanaian descent, he's curated an intensely personal collection exploring familial memory and racial representation. But as the opening night unfolds, Daniel realizes someone has subtly altered his artwork—tiny, almost imperceptible changes that reframe his entire narrative. Each modification challenges his understanding of authorship, heritage, and who controls visual storytelling. With his reputation and artistic vision at stake, Daniel must trace the source of these alterations before the art world draws its own conclusions about his work—and his identity.
Genres: fiction, art, contemporary, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: authorship, identity, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Britain, Ghana
Period: Contemporary
48 pages · Paperback · Tate