An Introduction to Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic

An Introduction to Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic

Led by Suzanne May

This study day will introduce the exhibition's key theme, an interpretation of the Black Atlantic as a network of surrounding and interconnecting cultures spanning Africa, Europe, North and South America, and the Caribbean, which played an important role in the development of Modern art. The influence of African art on Modernism - Picasso in particular - is clear, and the continuing dialogue among the various cultures is seen in the works of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s through to contemporary art.

As a gateway to the Atlantic and because of its particular role in the international slave trade, Liverpool is an especially pertinent place to host this exhibition and foster continued study of this historic and cultural phenomenon.

Course Time: 10.00–16.00