Helen Beningson

I just found this amazing artist Helen Beningson. Her art is political, feminist and kitsch.

Here (klick for link)

Uni work.

I am neglecting this blogg. I have so much to do my head is going to explode soon. At the moment I'm writing a essay about glocal artists, "cultural diversity" and white dominant institutions. I have my last review tomorrow morning and I'm nervous. It is probably going to be ok. Also I'm volunteer working at the A foundation, though I can't be there as much as I would like to because of the uni work, which is more important this close to the end of the semester.

I'm sorry blogg and practice discourse I'm going to make a better effort from now on. I hope.

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Afro Modern

Hiya.

A few weeks ago I went to see the ongoing tate exhibition Afro Modern. I found the experice very giving, it is a very broad view of black culture from the early twentieth-century to today. The exhibition takes inspiration from Paul Gilroys influential book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness 1993. It features over 140 works by more than 60 artists.

"Gilroy used the term 'The Black Atlantic' to describe the transmission of black cultures around the Atlantic, and the instances of cultural hybridity, that occurred as a result of transatlantic slavery and its legacy. Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic reflects Gilroy's idea of the Atlantic Ocean as a 'continent in negative', offering a network connecting Africa, North and South America, the Caribbean and Europe. It traces both real and imagined routes taken across the Atlantic, and highlights artistic links and dialogues from the early twentieth-century to today." - Tate

I couldn't have written it any different myself, maybe less informative. Anywho it was a very good exhibition, I was very happy to see a painting of one of my favourite modern artists Jean-Michel Basquiat. Well I think everyone that haven't been to see it should go before it ends.

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