泰特利物浦举行展览带我们踏上了“黑色大西洋之旅”

罗马勒•比尔登（Romare Bearden），"Blue Shade"，1972年

　　利物浦讯——“Afro Modern：黑色大西洋之旅（Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic）”是源于保罗•吉尔罗伊（Paul Gilroy）对以后具有巨大影响的书籍“黑色大西洋：现代性与双重意识（The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness'）”（1993年）而得到的灵感。展览首次深入的追溯了从20世纪初期到现在大西洋周边不同的黑人文化对于艺术的影响。从非洲艺术对于艺术家现代主义形式的影响到像Ellen Gallagher，克里斯•奥菲利（Chris Ofili），卡拉•沃克（Kara Walker）这种当代艺术家的作品，展览将反映大西洋周边的艺术家是把现代主义的“语言”如何作为一个探索，规划以及维护他们自己特点的强而有力的工具用多种不同的方式表达出来的。

　　1993年，保罗•吉尔罗伊（Paul Gilroy）创造了术语“黑色大西洋（The Black Atlantic）”，以描绘黑人文化与大西洋周边其他文化的融合。他的书籍对于黑人文化在文化研究领域是如何被理解和论及的起到了重要影响，并且还激发了不断地关键辩论。

　　展览被按照时间顺序分成几个部分，像哈莱姆文艺复兴（又称黑人文艺复兴或新黑人运动）这样的先锋运动到围绕着“Post-Black”艺术的当下的讨论。

　　“Afro Modern：黑色大西洋之旅（Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic）”是一系列探究各大洲及其文化之间的联系的展览和活动“物浦和黑色大西洋（Liverpool and the Black Atlantic）”中的一部分。
 

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, Chris Ofili and Kara Walker, the exhibition will reflect how artists around the Atlantic have claimed the language of Modernism in diverse ways, as a powerful tool to explore, formulate and assert their own identity.

　　In 1993 Paul Gilroy coined the term ‘The Black Atlantic’ to describe the fusion of black cultures with other cultures from around the Atlantic. His book had an enormous impact on how black culture has been perceived and discussed within the field of cultural studies, stimulating ongoing critical debates. Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic reflects this idea of the Atlantic Ocean as a ‘continent in negative’, a network of surrounding and interconnecting cultures spanning Africa, North and South America, the Caribbean and Europe.

　　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.
Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic is part of Liverpool and the Black Atlantic, a series of exhibitions and events that explores connections between cultures and continents.