Candice Breitz, Ghost Series #4 1994-6 © The Artist
and courtesy White Cube, London. Photo: Courtesy the artist
and White Cube, London.
Romare Bearden, Blue Shade 1972. Courtesy Michael Rosenfeld Gallery,
New York © Romare Bearden. Foundation/DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2009.
LIVERPOOL.- 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 is the first to trace in depth the impact of different black cultures from around the Atlantic on art 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 Ellen Gallagher, ... More"
