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Surrealism And Us: Caribbean And African Diasporic Artists Since 1940
Organized by Curator Mar铆a Elena Ortiz, Surrealism and Us is inspired by the history of Surrealism in the Caribbean with connections to notions of the Afrosurreal in the United States. Representing a global perspective, this exhibition is the first intergenerational show dedicated to Caribbean and African diasporic art presented at the Modern.
Inspired by the essay 鈥�1943: Surrealism and Us鈥� by Suzanne 颁茅蝉补颈谤别, the presentation includes over 50 works from the 1940s to the present day, in a wide range of media such as painting, sculpture, drawing, video, and installation. Centered on the intersection of Caribbean aesthetics, Afrosurrealism, and Afrofuturism, Surrealism and Us explores how Caribbean and Black artists interpreted a modernist movement. Artworks, framed within a pre-existing history of Black resistance and creativity, illustrate how Caribbean and Black artists reinterpreted the European avant-garde for their own purposes.
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Organized by Curator Mar铆a Elena Ortiz, Surrealism and Us is inspired by the history of Surrealism in the Caribbean with connections to notions of the Afrosurreal in the United States. Representing a global perspective, this exhibition is the first intergenerational show dedicated to Caribbean and African diasporic art presented at the Modern.
Inspired by the essay 鈥�1943: Surrealism and Us鈥� by Suzanne 颁茅蝉补颈谤别, the presentation includes over 50 works from the 1940s to the present day, in a wide range of media such as painting, sculpture, drawing, video, and installation. Centered on the intersection of Caribbean aesthetics, Afrosurrealism, and Afrofuturism, Surrealism and Us explores how Caribbean and Black artists interpreted a modernist movement. Artworks, framed within a pre-existing history of Black resistance and creativity, illustrate how Caribbean and Black artists reinterpreted the European avant-garde for their own purposes.
Artists on show
- Agustin Cárdenas
- Aimé Césaire
- Ana Mendieta
- André Pierre
- April Bey
- Arthur Jafa
- Belkis Ayon
- Benny Andrews
- Betye Saar
- Bob Thompson
- Bony Ramirez
- Celestin Faustin
- Che Lovelace
- Cossette Zeno
- Dalton Gata
- David Hammons
- Eldzier Cortor
- Elliot & Erick Jiménez
- Emory Douglas
- Firelei Báez
- Frantz Zephirin
- Georges Liautaud
- Hector Hyppolite
- Henri Robert Bresil
- Hervé Télémaque
- Hew Locke
- Hugh Hayden
- Ja鈥橳ovia Gary
- Jacques-Enguerrand Gourgue
- Jasmine Thomas-Girvan
- Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla
- José Bedia
- Joyce Mansour
- Kara Walker
- Kelly Sinnapah Mary
- Kenny Rivero
- Kerry James Marshall
- Kim Dacres
- Lorraine O'Grady
- Luis Maisonet Crespo
- Mel Edwards
- Minnie Evans
- Myrlande Constant
- Naudline Pierre
- Nick Cave
- Paul Gardère
- Philippe August Salnave
- Prefete Duffaut
- Rafael Ferrer
- Rene Ménil
- Rigaud Benoit
- Roberto Matta
- Romare Bearden
- Simone Leigh
- Stanley Greaves
- Suzanne Césaire
- Tomás Esson
- Toni Morrison
- Wangechi Mutu
- Wifredo Lam
- Zak Ové
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