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AFRO MODERN: JOURNEYS THROUGH THE BLACK ATLANTIC

Research available to view related to this exhibition:

Exhibition Catalogue Contributions

 

Selected Exhibition Images

 

Related Articles

 

Audio-Visual Material



Exhibition Catalogue Contributions:   

 

These contributions appeared in the "Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic" exhibition Catalogue, (2010: Tate Publishing, London) which was edited by Tanya Barson and Peter Gorschlueter.

The links below will download pdf text only versions: 

Tanya Barson, Introduction: Modernism and the Black Atlantic

Petrine Archer, Negrophilia, Diaspora, and Moments of Crisis

Kobena Mercer, Cosmopolitan Contact Zones

Courtney J. Martin, They've All Got Painting: Frank Bowling's Modernity and the Post-1960 Atlantic

Manthia Diawara, A Conversation with Edouard Glissant aboard the Queen Mary II

Roberto Conduru, Bridging the Atlantic and Other Gaps: Artistic Connections between Brazil and Africa - and Beyond

Huey Copeland, Post/Black/Atlantic: A Conversation with Thelma Golden and Glenn Ligon

These resources are supported by a glossary of terms located in the information section of this site.
 
Selected Exhibition Images    

 

Click on the links below to view Individual images:

Carrie Mae Weems A Negroid Type / You became a Scientific Profile / An Anthropological Debate / & A Photographic Subject 1995

Candice Breitz Ghost Series #1 1994-6

Candice Breitz Ghost Series #4, 1994-6

Candice Breitz Ghost Series #6, 1994-6

Kara Walker 8 Possible Beginnings or The Creation of African-America, a Moving Picture by Kara E. Walker, 2005

Sonia Boyce From Tarzan to Rambo

Renee Cox River Queen, from Queen Nanny of the Maroons 2004

Isaac Julien Western Union Series No. 1 (Cast No Shadow ) 2007

To explore the exhibition's themes by room with more images click here

 
 Related Articles    

 

Below are links to online articles which feature the Afro Modern exhibition:

Bonnie Greer, 'Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic' The Times, 28 January 2010 

Fred D'Aguiar, 'Behind the masks: Afro Modern at Tate Liverpool, The Guardian, 30 January 2010

Jonathan Derbyshire, Continental Drifters, New Statesman, 8 February 2010

 

Audio-Visual Material    

 

From Freetown to Motown: Les Spaine in conversation with Greg Wilson: Join internationally renowned local DJ Greg Wilson, and Les Spaine, who inspired him during in the 70s, to explore the little told story of the development of the thriving black music scene in Liverpool. Recorded: 22 April 2010

 

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