Afro modern : journeys through the Black Atlantic
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Afro modern : journeys through the Black Atlantic
Tate Liverpool, 2010
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Exhibition catalogue
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Tate Liverpool, 29 Jan. 25 Apr. 2010
Exhibitors: Aaron Douglas, Tarsila do Amaral, Hélio Oiticica ... [et al.]
Bibliography: p. 196-210
List of works: p. 211-217
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This important new book addresses a key area of post-colonial studies coined by the British academic Paul Gilroy in 1993 - the notion of 'The Black Atlantic' - and its relation to visual art from 1900 to today. It traces the imaginary and actual journeys of influential artists and intellectuals from North America, the Caribbean and Latin America across the Atlantic to Europe, the reverse direction to that of the slave-ships that carried their ancestors, and from Europe and Africa to the United States, exploring the visual expression of the hybrid Black culture manifest in their work. While the narrative of modernism has often excluded artists and intellectuals of African descent, the concept of the Black Atlantic demonstrates that they have been central to the formation of modernity. Key academics, curators and artists from both sides of the Atlantic examine aspects of Gilroy's concept in relation to visual Modernism and contemporary art.
Topics explored include negrophilia and the early twentieth century Parisian avant-garde; the Harlem Renaissance; the cultural links between Africa and Brazil; contemporary and 'post-black' art; and the way Paul Gilroy's original concept of the Black Atlantic, developed in the early 1990s, remains relevant to current discussions of migration and exploitation. With extensive illustrations, a timeline of key figures and events, and an extensive bibliography, this is both a visual feast and an essential reference. Artists featured include: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Romare Bearden, Constantin Brancusi, Aaron Douglas, Ellen Gallagher, David Hammons, Palmer Hayden, Langston Hughes, Wifredo Lam, Fernand Leger, Glenn Ligon, Chris Ofili, Pablo Picasso and Kara Walker. Tanya Barson is Curator (International Art) at Tate Modern. Peter Gorschluter is Head of Exhibitions and Displays at Tate Liverpool. With contributions by: Petrine Archer, Roberto Conduru, Manthia; Diawara and Edouard Glissant, Courtney J. Martin, Kobena Mercer, Huey Copeland with Thelma Golden and Glenn Ligon.
by "Nielsen BookData"