Gravitas Profundis II + lll (2000) and Loss of Selves, Place and Transformation (2000) by Veronica Ryan (Black British).
Her (Ryan) memories of living there (Montserrat) are mostly linked to the sensory experience of tasting new fruit like soursop, which she described as having a perfume that is ‘so pungent it is both sweet and sour’.
The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa,1945–1994.
Curated by Okwui Enwezor for the Museum Villa Stuck, Munich
just a few of the many books about ghana’s first president and pan-africanist, kwame nkrumah. so many great cover designs.
probably the best day to reblog this post. happy 58th independence day, ghana! (march 6th 1957)
Marlene Dumas, Black Drawings, 1991-92
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York is due to reunite Jacob Lawrence’s 60-panel Migration Series, 1940-41, for the first time in 20 years. The ambitious work, created when Lawrence was just 23 years old, is the centrepiece of the exhibition “One Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and Other Visions of the Great Movement North” (3 April-7 September 2015), which marks the centennial of the Great Migration. Read more on The Art Newspaper.
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Ronnie Mack: I Grew to Love, 2015
[acrylic on canvas; two parts; 70 x 59 inches each
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Thin Black Line(s) / Lubaina Himid (1985)
The Thin Black Line at the Institute for Contemporary Arts (1985) – marked the arrival on the British art scene of a radical generation of young Black and Asian women artists. They challenged their collective invisibility in the art world and engaged with the social, cultural, political and aesthetic issues of the time.
"Corridor by Lorna Simpson shows two scenes simultaneously, side by side. The same figure (Wangechi Mutu) plays two women. One is a house servant from 1860 when the Civil War began, and one a house wife from 1960 when the Civil Rights Act passed. The camera is an almost voyeuristic presence in the domestic spaces of these women as they pursue their daily routines in parallel spaces with parallel rituals. These are their moments of preparation, their chores of self-maintenance and long stares out of reflective windows. The exteriors of their homes are shown. It’s winter and the women seem equally frozen, waiting for the presence of someone who does not arrive on the scene. There is no local audio, but occasionally dissonant sounds from a piano merge with sounds spilling from the other galleries.”
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this week’s image: wilhelm trubner’s taking stock (1873)
Manchester Gallery Reconnects with its Surroundings
For more photos from Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery, explore the location page and browse the #galleryinthepark hashtag.
A 125-year-old gallery in Manchester, UK, has reopened its doors to the public after a $23 million renovation. The Whitworth Art Gallery (@whitworthart) has been expanded and redesigned to reconnect with its surrounding parkland, and is welcoming visitors back with a new exhibition led by British contemporary artist Cornelia Parker.
“It’s great to see how it’s been transformed into an even more exciting place for the public,” says Manchester photographer Zuza Grubecka (@zuza_g), who stopped by the gallery on its opening weekend. Zuza mixes portrait photos with her documentation of daily life from Manchester, as well as her native Poland. “Manchester and its post-industrial architecture is a perfect background. There are a lot of secret passages and abandoned areas which make you feel like an explorer in your own city.”
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