Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic

This major exhibition, inspired by Paul Gilroy's seminal book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness (1993), identifies a hybrid culture that spans the Atlantic, connecting Africa, North and South America, The Caribbean and Europe. The exhibition is the first to trace in depth the impact of Black Atlantic culture on Modernism and will reveal how black artists and intellectuals have played a central role in the formation of Modernism from the early twentieth century to today.

From the influences of African art on the Modernist forms of artists like Picasso, to the work of contemporary artists such as Kara Walker, Ellen Gallagher and Chris Ofili, the exhibition will map out visual and cultural hybridity in modern and contemporary art that has arisen from the journeys made by people of Black African descent.

Divided into seven chronological chapters, from early twentieth century avant-garde movements such as the Harlem Renaissance to current debates around 'Post-Black' art, this exhibition opens up an alternative transatlantic reading of Modernism and its impact on contemporary culture for a new generation.

Venue

Tate Liverpool, Liverpool

Dates

Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic 29 Jan 2010 - 25 Apr 2010

Tickets Information

Road Directions

Follow brown signs to the Albert Dock. There is a multi-storey car park at Kings Dock (5 minutes walk).

Q-Park Strand Street with 2000 underground spaces can be accessed from the centre of Strand Street which runs past the Albert Dock.

Public Transport Directions

By Train
The nearest mainline train station is Liverpool Lime Street.

By Bus
Take the C4 bus to the Albert Dock.

For more information and help to plan your journey by public transport, call Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 or visit www.merseytravel.gov.uk.

 Facilities

• Bus Route - Take the C4 bus to the Albert Dock. For more information and help to plan your journey by public transport, call Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 or visit www.merseytravel.gov.uk.
• Braille

Provider Preferences

• In town/city centre

Parking & Transport

• On site parking - Limited Pay and display parking is available inside the Albert Dock Gates near The Pumphouse public house (100m distance) or outside the Britannia Pavilion (100m distance). There is a substantial number of charged for blue badge parking bays on the groundfloor of the adjacent Echo Arena multi-storey car park ( 300 m distance). Please call 0151 702 7400 for access advice.