By Catherine Jones, Liverpool ECHO
THE first Tate Liverpool exhibition of 2010 will trace in depth the impact of black cultures from around the Atlantic on art from the early 20th century to today.
Afro Modern: Journeys Through The Black Atlantic takes its inspiration from Paul Gilroy’s book The Black Atlantic: Modernity And Double Consciousness, which was published in 1993.
Gilroy coined the term ‘the Black Atlantic’ to describe the fusion of black cultures with others around the edge of the ocean.
His book had a huge impact on how black culture has been perceived and discussed within the field of cultural studies, and has stimulated ongoing critical debates.
THE first Tate Liverpool exhibition of 2010 will trace in depth the impact of black cultures from around the Atlantic on art from the early 20th century to today.
Afro Modern: Journeys Through The Black Atlantic takes its inspiration from Paul Gilroy’s book The Black Atlantic: Modernity And Double Consciousness, which was published in 1993.
Gilroy coined the term ‘the Black Atlantic’ to describe the fusion of black cultures with others around the edge of the ocean.
His book had a huge impact on how black culture has been perceived and discussed within the field of cultural studies, and has stimulated ongoing critical debates.
The Tate exhibition, which opens on January 29, will look at the influences of African art on everything from the modernist forms of artists like Picasso to the work of contemporary artists such as Ellen Gallagher, Chris Ofili and Kara Walker.
It will reflect how artists around the Atlantic have claimed the language of Modernism in diverse ways, as a powerful tool to explore, formulate and assert their own identity.
Afro Modern: Journeys Through The Black Atlantic reflects this idea of the Atlantic Ocean as a ‘continent in negative’, a network of surrounding and interconnecting cultures spanning Africa, North and South America, the Caribbean and Europe, and traces the real and imaginary routes taken by artists across the Atlantic from 1909 to today.
“With more than 60 artists and 140 works, many never or rarely seen at Tate or in the UK, the exhibition is set to acknowledge the complex influences and histories behind some of the greatest art of the last 100 years,” says co-curator Tanya Barson.
The exhibition will be divided into chronological chapters, ranging from early 20th century avant-garde movements such as the Harlem Renaissance to current debates around ‘Post-Black’ art.
It will include works by artists including Romare Bearden, Constantin Brancusi, Edward Burra, Renee Cox, Aaron Douglas, Walker Evans, Ellen Gallagher, David Hammons, Isaac Julien, Wilfredo Lam, Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Ronald Moody, Wangechi Mutu, Uche Okeke, Pablo Picasso, Keith Piper, Tracey Rose and Kara Walker.
Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic runs from January 29 to April 25 and admission is £6 with £4.50 concessions.
It will reflect how artists around the Atlantic have claimed the language of Modernism in diverse ways, as a powerful tool to explore, formulate and assert their own identity.
Afro Modern: Journeys Through The Black Atlantic reflects this idea of the Atlantic Ocean as a ‘continent in negative’, a network of surrounding and interconnecting cultures spanning Africa, North and South America, the Caribbean and Europe, and traces the real and imaginary routes taken by artists across the Atlantic from 1909 to today.
“With more than 60 artists and 140 works, many never or rarely seen at Tate or in the UK, the exhibition is set to acknowledge the complex influences and histories behind some of the greatest art of the last 100 years,” says co-curator Tanya Barson.
The exhibition will be divided into chronological chapters, ranging from early 20th century avant-garde movements such as the Harlem Renaissance to current debates around ‘Post-Black’ art.
It will include works by artists including Romare Bearden, Constantin Brancusi, Edward Burra, Renee Cox, Aaron Douglas, Walker Evans, Ellen Gallagher, David Hammons, Isaac Julien, Wilfredo Lam, Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Ronald Moody, Wangechi Mutu, Uche Okeke, Pablo Picasso, Keith Piper, Tracey Rose and Kara Walker.
Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic runs from January 29 to April 25 and admission is £6 with £4.50 concessions.
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