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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