The exhibition was reviewed - generally favourably - in Saturday's Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jan/29/afro-modern-tate-liverpool

David


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Subject: Afro Modern at Tate Liverpool

> Dear Members
> Below is information for those of you in the UK or coming to visit over 
> the next few months about an exciting exhibition in Liverpool. The curator 
> of the exhibition came to talk to the Caribbean Research Seminar in the 
> North in Liverpool on Jan 22 and it looks very exciting. More information 
> below.
> best wishes
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> Isaac Julien
> Western Union Series No. 1 (Cast No Shadow) 2007
> Duratrans image in lightbox
120 x 120 cm 
Jochen Zeitz Collection
> © Isaac Julien
> Courtesy of Jochen Zeitz Collection
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> Afro Modern:
> Journeys through the
> Black Atlantic
> 29 January - 25 April 2010
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> Tate Liverpool
> Albert Dock
> Liverpool, L3 4BB, UK
> + 44 (0) 151 702 7400
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> http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool
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> Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic takes its inspiration 
> from Paul Gilroy’s seminal book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double 
> Consciousness 1993. The exhibition explores the fusion of black cultures 
> with other cultures from around the Atlantic and its impact on art from 
> the early twentieth century to the present. It reflects on the notion of 
> the Atlantic Ocean as a ‘continent in negative’, a network of cultures 
> connecting Africa, North and South America, the Caribbean and Europe, and 
> traces the real and imagined journeys across the Atlantic from 1909 to 
> today. By placing the work of a range of artists in juxtaposition, it 
> opens up an alternative transatlantic reading of Modernism and reflects 
> how these artists have claimed the language of Modernism in diverse ways, 
> as a powerful tool to explore, formulate and assert their own identity.
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> Liverpool’s location as a gateway to the Atlantic, and the history and 
> legacy of its involvement in slavery, makes this exploration of Black 
> Atlantic culture pertinent to the city and Gallery. The dispersal of 
> people of black African descent – many forcibly displaced by the slave 
> trade – had a profound impact on art and culture that has been frequently 
> overlooked or diminished. The exhibition is divided into chronological 
> chapters, ranging from early twentieth century avant-garde movements such 
> as the Harlem Renaissance to current debates around Post-Black art.
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> Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic features over 140 works 
> by more than 60 artists including Romare Bearden, Constantin Brancusi, 
> Edward Burra, Renée Cox, Aaron Douglas, Walker Evans, Ellen Gallagher, 
> David Hammons, Isaac Julien, Wifredo Lam, Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, 
> Glenn Ligon, Ronald Moody, Wangechi Mutu, Uche Okeke, Pablo Picasso, Keith 
> Piper, Tracey Rose and Kara Walker.
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> Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic has been conceived by 
> Tanya Barson, Curator of International Art at Tate Modern and is curated 
> by her with Peter Gorschlüter, Head of Exhibitions and Displays at Tate 
> Liverpool. The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with 
> essays and interviews by key writers, curators and artists in the field of 
> Black Atlantic studies and practice including Petrine Archer, Roberto 
> Conduru, Huey Copeland, Thelma Golden and Glenn Ligon, Manthia Diawara and 
> Édouard Glissant, Courtney J. Martin and Kobena Mercer.
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> On the occasion of the exhibition Tate Liverpool has initiated the 
> city-wide programme Liverpool and the Black Atlantic partnering with 
> numerous institutions and academic bodies in Liverpool and beyond, 
> including the Bluecoat, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), 
> Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Metal, Walker Art Gallery, Writing on the 
> Wall, Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre and Liverpool University.
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> Supported by Liverpool City Council with additional funding from Tate 
> International Council, Tate Liverpool Members and a range of other 
> supporters.
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> Director Christoph Grunenberg
> Curators Tanya Barson & Peter Gorschlüter
> Opening Hours - Tuesday - Sunday 10.00 - 17.50
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